Budget 2025: Full list of Labour MPs backing wealth tax motion
More than two dozen Labour MPs have backed a motion by Richard Burgon calling for an annual wealth…
Wealth tax
‘A luxury levy is the politically savvy way to ensure the rich pay more tax’
The Chancellor faces a familiar dilemma at the November 2025 budget. Taxes must rise, and intense debate continues…
‘Raising taxes on the wealthy isn’t just about the money’
Labour came to power promising to reduce child poverty, as the Blair government once did; to “unleash investment”…
‘A fair programme to fund renewal’
Ours is a country awash with capital. Yet our capitalism is failing. The last 14 years have been…
‘Britain’s wealth gap is growing – the Chancellor must address it’
Earlier this month, the Chancellor accepted the pressing need to tax wealth when she said that taxing higher…
Revealed: The progressive policies Labour members want enacted
A wealth tax on high earners, rejoining the single market and scrapping the two-child benefit cap are among…
TUC Congress unanimously backs motion demanding wealth taxes
Delegates from the country’s trade unions have unanimously backed a motion calling for greater taxes on the wealthiest…
TUC poll: Voters will ‘reward’ taxes on wealth, gambling and bank profits
New polling released by the TUC suggests that voters not only support a wealth tax, but will think…
‘To end austerity, wealth taxes are a moral and economic necessity’
The UK is at a crossroads. This government inherited the dire legacy of a lost decade of cuts,…
‘More welfare cuts would show we’re not listening to what voters are telling us’
As last week’s results showed, the consequences of the government’s plans to cut benefits for disabled people are…
