Comment Budget 2024: ‘We can avoid taxing workers by hiking capital gains tax’ With Labour’s first budget for 14 years fast approaching, speculation around tax rises has reached frenzied levels. Capital… Pranesh Narayanan 17th October, 2024, 10:00 am
News IFS: Starmer and Sunak must pick cuts, debt or tax hikes in ‘trilemma’ A “stark” choice between more borrowing, tax rises or spending cuts will soon be faced by whichever party… James Moules 24th June, 2024, 10:07 am
News Is Labour considering tax hikes to capital gains or inheritance tax? Labour has spent much of the past fortnight playing down the prospect of tax hikes, explicitly ruling out… James Moules 21st June, 2024, 5:09 pm
General election 2024 Rachel Reeves says Labour has ‘no plans’ to increase capital gains tax Rachel Reeves has said Labour has “no plans” to increase capital gains tax (CGT) in government, amid speculation… James Moules 11th June, 2024, 5:06 pm
General election 2024 Labour dubs Conservative manifesto ‘Jeremy Corbyn-style’ and rules out 2p NI cut Labour leader Keir Starmer has dubbed the Conservatives’ general election manifesto “Jeremy Corbyn-style”, promising “anything you want” with… Tom Belger 11th June, 2024, 11:45 am
General election 2024 Labour declines to rule out capital gains tax hikes as Lib Dems vow reform Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth has declined to rule out rises to capital gains tax amid mounting media scrutiny… James Moules 10th June, 2024, 5:14 pm
Comment Let’s build a new economic settlement based on a wealth tax – here’s how When you sit down and think about it, there is quite a difference between wealth on the one… Jon Trickett 21st October, 2021, 6:00 am
Comment Labour must define nothing less than a new economic settlement For the second week in a row, we’ve seen media speculation about the Chancellor’s plans on tax. We’re in… John Lehal 10th September, 2020, 2:49 pm
Comment Now is the time to champion tax justice and a fairer economic model Over the last few months, Covid-19 has seen thousands of avoidable excess deaths – each one a disaster… Phil Brickell 7th July, 2020, 5:15 pm
News Labour would put 10,000 extra police on the streets, Corbyn promises Labour will put an extra 10,000 police officers onto the streets of England and Wales, Jeremy Corbyn will… Emma Bean 2nd May, 2017, 9:12 am