Tax

When James Callaghan was Prime Minister, an often referenced opinion poll found that Jack Jones, the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, and not the resident of number 10 Downing Street, was reckoned to be the most…

A "stark" choice between more borrowing, tax rises or spending cuts will soon be faced by whichever party wins the general election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

Labour has spent much of the past fortnight playing down the prospect of tax hikes, explicitly ruling out rises to income tax, VAT and national insurance and suggesting its manifesto does not need further tax hikes.

Labour has announced tax plans to raise around £8.5 billion in its election manifesto, as well as £3.5 billion in borrowing, to fund its policy programme. The proposals include previously announced pledges to charge VAT on private school…

A Labour government would introduce legislation for its New Deal for Working People within 100 days of taking office, the party's manifesto has confirmed.

Labour is "not able" to match the Conservatives' new general election manifesto pledge to slash the national insurance (NI) paid by employees by 2p, warning the "money simply isn't there".

Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth declined to rule out rises to capital gains tax this afternoon, but doubled down on ruling out other key tax hikes.

If we accept that commitments made before an election mean something, Labour will need to draw the line on tax and spend.

The general secretary of Unite Sharon Graham has warned a row over Labour watering down its New Deal for Working People on May Day is "beyond irony".

More than half of Labour voters and a quarter of Tory voters say the row over Angela Rayner’s housing arrangements “sounds like a smear campaign”, an exclusive poll for LabourList and Labour Business reveals. Around a third of all voters in…

After 14 years of economic failure under the Conservatives, taxes are set to be their highest in 70 years. People across Britain are feeling the squeeze. Yet, whilst the vast majority of people play by the rules, some are getting away…

Rachel Reeves will pledge to raise more than £5bn a year and plug a hole in Labour's spending plans through a new crackdown on "tax dodgers", with some of the revenue raised to be used on the party's plans for the NHS and primary school…