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According to the Times, axing inheritance tax is back on the Tory agenda. It’s a tactic – to boost support in affluent seats and wrong-foot Labour – the party loves to play. In 2007, George Osborne, the then opposition chancellor, pledged…
The Times suggests Labour has "abandoned" another proposal for government in the shape of a £3 billion tax raid on tech firms like Amazon and Facebook. Labour confirmed it has "no plans" to raise the digital services tax.
Good morning and happy solstice. Back in the Commons today like a bad smell is the minimum service levels bill. The TUC estimates that the bill is a threat to the right to strike of one in five British workers, and calling the bill…
In an important speech to the GMB annual conference on June 6th, Keir Starmer reaffirmed a strong commitment to the Labour Party’s new deal for working people. In a number of crowd-pleasing gestures, he promised to ban zero-hours contracts…
This week is Fair Tax Week 2023, where businesses and organisations around the UK highlight the importance of responsible tax conduct and promote the end of tax avoidance. Responsible tax conduct is fundamental to the public services we all…
Last night's weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was addressed by TUC general secretary Paul Nowak. He called on the party to take business in hand when needed, perhaps with one eye on Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves'…
The announcement that Labour will be looking to scale back its £28bn a year 'green prosperity plan' is a political and economic error. Barely a fortnight after her visit to Washington, following a week of headlines about Labour’s bold…
Conflict at work is inevitable, and government should know better than to suggest otherwise. If the Conservatives genuinely want to reduce strike action as they suggest, with their minimum services bill in parliament this week, then they…
Speaking at a Progressive Britain conference this weekend, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised to go ‘further and deeper’ than his predecessor Tony Blair’s governments. So is Labour really heading for the kind of radical agenda being hinted…
The King’s coronation takes place against the backdrop of the biggest attack on living standards in 70 years. Real wages are lower now than in 2008. Millions live in fuel poverty. A record number of emergency food parcels were handed out…
Happy polling day! Yes, the big day has finally arrived and people around England are voting in this year's local elections, with 8,000 seats in 230 councils up for grabs. Presumably all loyal LabourList readers will have already got a dawn…
Private schools are reported to be gearing up for the biggest hike in fees in 20 years "amid the threat of a VAT raid by Labour", according to the Telegraph earlier this month. Rational public discussion about Labour's VAT proposal has been…
