Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right
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“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut
Highly paid City workers say the tax cut is wasted on them.
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Taxing non-doms fairly would raise billions
HMRC data has shown that non-dom status has been abused by the rich. It's time for that to change.
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Kwarteng hands FTSE bosses a £34m tax break
Britain’s richest CEOs will take home an extra £148,273 from next April.
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The mini-Budget left both Tory and Labour MPs stunned
Faced with the remarkable abolition of the 45p tax rate, the House of Commons did not know how to respond.
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Kwasi Kwarteng has cut tax for the highest earners – will he pay a political price?
Like George Osborne, the new Chancellor has delivered another “tax cut for millionaires” but history suggests Labour may not benefit.
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Stamp duty is a useless tax – but cutting it won’t help
People aren’t moving because house prices are too high.
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What to expect from Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget announcement today
Each policy is likely to be justified in terms of one aim: economic growth.
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British voters move left on the economy, as Liz Truss drags it to the right
Enthusiasm is growing in Britain for higher taxes and spending on public services, and redistribution of wealth.
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How public support for tax and spend has surged
Fifty two per cent of voters support higher taxes and public spending, and just 6 per cent want them cut.
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Liz Truss risks spectacular failure with her “pro-growth” gamble
At the heart of Trussonomics is a belief in cutting taxes to achieve growth. But markets aren’t so sure.
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Will Liz Truss’ gamble on growth pay off?
There are already doubts among Tory MPs about the viability of the plans.
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Liz Truss and Joe Biden are at odds over trickle-down economics
The Prime Minister and the President will hold a bilateral meeting while in New York for the UN General Assembly.
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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Trussonomics explained: Can Liz Truss save the economy?
There is no reason to believe that Liz Truss's tax policy would pay for itself or reduce inflation.
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Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome
Under craven, venal, populist leaders, countries can lose their way frighteningly fast. Just ask the Romans.
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Sunak’s tax cut pledge is a desperate attempt to keep up with Liz Truss
The more the former chancellor moves into Truss’s space on tax cuts, the more credibility he loses.
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The murky case of the tax expert, the Chancellor and his lawyers
The lawyer Dan Neidle reflects on how Nadhim Zahawi’s solicitors sought to shut down his inquiries.
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Rishi Sunak’s tax cut U-turn means he knows he is losing
The former chancellor’s pledge to cut VAT on energy bills shows he is dancing to Liz Truss’s tune.
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As the Tory leadership candidates obsess over tax cuts, the real monsters are tapping at the window
The climate emergency can no longer be dismissed by politicians – even if some voters don’t regard it as a…
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