Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed…
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‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?
Battersea power station offered no prospect of luxury living when Tony Belton became a local councillor in 1971. The coal-fired behemoth was nearing closure after…
View More ‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?Income tax likely to go up if national insurance scrapped, Hunt suggests
Income tax may eventually have to be raised to pay for abolishing national insurance, Jeremy Hunt has suggested the day after delivering the government’s spring…
View More Income tax likely to go up if national insurance scrapped, Hunt suggestsBudget 2024: Jeremy Hunt announces 2p cut in national insurance
Jeremy Hunt has announced a 2p national insurance cut in his budget as a pre-election gambit to revive flatlining opinion poll ratings and reboot Britain’s…
View More Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt announces 2p cut in national insurance‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financially
An annual gross income of £74,000 puts Scott, 28, a software engineer from Leicestershire, in the top 10% of earners nationally. But, he says, it…
View More ‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financiallyCharges for loo roll, none for caviar: strange quirks of the UK’s VAT rules
Is a mini poppadom a crisp? Is a Jaffa Cake a biscuit? Is a flapjack confectionery? These are all questions tax officials in the UK…
View More Charges for loo roll, none for caviar: strange quirks of the UK’s VAT rulesTo get to net zero, we may have to sell off the UK’s future
If Labour forms the next government, as polls suggest, it must provide the private sector with the kind of incentives that will lift investment in…
View More To get to net zero, we may have to sell off the UK’s futureWho will benefit most as UK national insurance cut takes effect?
A multibillion-pound tax cut has taken effect, with 27 million UK employees in line to benefit, the government has said. However, there are warnings that…
View More Who will benefit most as UK national insurance cut takes effect?What is national insurance and who will benefit from Jeremy Hunt’s cuts?
A big national insurance cut was the centrepiece measure of Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement – but just how much better off will UK employees really…
View More What is national insurance and who will benefit from Jeremy Hunt’s cuts?Treasury officials mull one-off break from pensions triple lock
Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a bumper 8.5% increase in the state…
View More Treasury officials mull one-off break from pensions triple lock