Tax

Rachel Reeves has now delivered the 2025 Budget.

Labour members would almost unanimously back increased taxes on the gambling and banking sector in the Budget, along with a shake-up of council tax thresholds.

More than two dozen Labour MPs have backed a motion by Leeds East MP Richard Burgon calling for an annual wealth tax.

Find out what people have been writing to our editor about this week.

The chancellor should consider a luxury levy to raise revenue from the wealthiest, and has significant political benefits.

Updating Labour’s 2017 approach on income tax would ensure that only the top 5% of earners pay more - a fair and reasonable dividing line.

Read what people have been writing to LabourList about this week.

A wealth tax can raise revenue, show moral leadership, and prove the government stands for fairness, says Phil White of Patriotic Millionaires UK.

Labour must recognise the harm done by gambling and ensure that it is properly and fairly taxed.

Our property tax system is unfair and economically damaging. Labour should tax unearned land wealth to fund growth, fairness and renewal says Murad Quershi.

We will not defeat populism without higher levies on wealth argues Liam Byrne MP.

The Budget gives Labour the opportunity to mitigate the risks wealth inequality poses to the nation says the Fairness Foundation.