PMQs: The Tories will need a “bigger note” to excuse economic failures
Keir Starmer turned the Conservatives’ favourite line about the infamous “there is no money” letter against them.
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Why cutting inheritance tax would be the most regressive move possible
Rishi Sunak’s plans wouldn’t help the middle classes – only the ultra-rich.
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Commons investigation suggests Sunak is continuity Boris Johnson
Despite Tory attempts to move beyond its reputation for sleaze, it keeps falling into trouble with parliamentary standards.
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The absurdity of Liz Truss blaming high taxes on woke culture
By making wokery the bogeyman for an economic disaster she’s implicated in, Truss has given the game away.
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Labour’s Sunak adverts show Keir Starmer has finally decided to gamble
The Labour leader’s more aggressive advisers have won but the party has now invited counterattacks.
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Why won’t Labour say it will tax Rishi Sunak and the super-rich more?
The party has missed a golden political opportunity by not promising to tax capital gains at the same rate as…
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Why Rishi Sunak is taxed less than you are
The Prime Minister’s tax return is a reminder of how little the UK taxes wealth.
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Jeremy Hunt didn’t fix anything
The Budget did nothing to address the UK’s fundamental problems: Brexit and a deeply unequal economy.
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The quiet consensus: how Labour and the Tories are converging
The Budget confirmed that the two main parties are closer on policy than at any time since 2008.
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It’s time to talk policy in the SNP leadership race
So far, constitutional matters have dominated the debate over key issues like the climate and child poverty.
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Britain’s broken tax system
How political expediency overrides logic and fairness in the UK’s chaotic finances.
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The myth of the “fiscal black hole” has been exposed
How did a £70bn “hole” become a £30bn “surplus”? The answer is that we’re doing economic policy wrong.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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Liz Truss’s essay shows she is as deluded as ever
The danger is how many Tories will agree with the former prime minister’s bizarre logic.
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Why have the BBC and Labour Party learned Tuftonspeak?
How the “tax burden” went mainstream.
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The Tories’ tax delusion
Rishi Sunak and Tory rebels are both ignoring the truth: tax cuts now or later aren't a cure for the…
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Liz Truss is the future of British Conservatism
Like Barry Goldwater in 1964, Truss had the right ideas at the wrong time.
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Nadhim Zahawi’s sacking leaves Rishi Sunak with questions to answer
How much did the Prime Minister know about the former Tory chairman’s tax affairs and when?
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Libertarians hated it, but the sugar tax might just have worked
Researchers think it could have helped prevent obesity. Now there are calls to extend the levy and use it to…
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We can’t ignore the pensions time bomb
Younger workers could end up with higher taxes and poorer pensions while subsidising comfortable retirees.
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