Smoking is a tax
Tobacco levies give the government £14bn-a-year, and are mostly paid by the people who can least afford them.
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Liz Truss shows she’s going nowhere
The rapturous welcome for the former PM was a warning to Rishi Sunak.
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The £92,762 gender wealth gap that is hurting the economy
Analysis exclusive to New Statesman Spotlight reveals the huge disparities between men and women in pensions and savings.
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What is the point of inheritance tax?
It is less important for social mobility, and more important for tax revenue, than you think.
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Rishi Sunak is not serious
Cutting inheritance tax is a sure way to perpetuate wealth inequality and hinder economic growth.
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The return of the free-market right
A year on from her disastrous premiership, Liz Truss and her allies remain unwilling to confront economic truths.
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The Trussites are plotting their comeback
A year after Liz Truss’s chaotic premiership, her inner circle believe their time will come again.
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TUC chief: Tax wealth to fix broken Britain
Labour has ruled them out, but today at the Trades Union Congress conference, Paul Nowak calls for new taxes on…
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Ulez is a litmus test for interventionist government
From emissions to sugar, will Labour tax the public for their own good?
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Britain’s tax delusion
It is useless to pretend that in a world of high public debt voters can be spared increased taxes.
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Britain’s great tax con
The UK’s tax system entrenches inequality, stymies growth, and rewards a few at the expense of the many.
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Scottish Labour must do less, better
Anas Sarwar can position himself as the alternative to the SNP’s legacy of half-baked, over-budget policies.
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The Research Brief: why public services will fail without tax reform
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Scotland has been left with the worst of both worlds
SNP rule has created a system of high taxes and low-quality public services.
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The two-child benefit cap makes the future a luxury
Labour should scrap the welfare limit as a first step to a more family-friendly tax system.
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Labour’s fiscal paradox
Keir Starmer is doing everything he can to not be Liz Truss – but does that mean he’s just Rishi Sunak?
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Tax wealth and reward work
We must end the absurdity of nurses and teachers paying more of their income in tax than hedge fund traders.
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If Jeremy Hunt won’t cut taxes, what are the Tories for?
The Chancellor has explicitly tied tax cuts to inflation – so they may not happen before the next election at…
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Can Labour afford to be ambitious?
As the era of cheap money ends, the party needs to get radical on tax.
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Inheritance tax is more popular than the right thinks
It’s only a question of how it is sold to the electorate.
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