Comment Labour must maintain its fiscal discipline in the face of Tory economic recklessness The government is imploding. Their economic policy making has gone from a baseline level of dysfunction to catastrophe… Matthew Oulton 24th October, 2022, 11:00 am
Comment A wealth tax could create an emergency fund to get people through this crisis The scale of the assault on living standards is truly terrifying. People are facing the biggest single-year fall… Richard Burgon 11th May, 2022, 8:00 pm
Comment Why the government should equalise tax on dividend and ordinary income Most ordinary people in the UK don’t buy or own shares in companies. According to the Office for National… Jon Trickett 1st December, 2021, 3:12 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
Daily email Keir Starmer faces calls to shift position on tax rises ahead of Budget Keir Starmer is facing pressure to shift his party’s position on tax rises ahead of the Budget. During… Elliot Chappell 25th February, 2021, 10:47 am
Comment Who will pay for the coronavirus crisis? Labour needs an answer As Keir Starmer finishes his first 100 days as Labour leader, questions remain about the shape of his… James Meadway 13th July, 2020, 5:20 pm
News Smith unveils wealth tax as part of 20 policies to tackle inequality Owen Smith today pledged to deliver “fair employment, fair taxes and fair funding”, as he revealed a manifesto… Conor Pope 27th July, 2016, 1:22 pm
Comment Dan Jarvis and Nick Donovan: Enough of balancing the budget on the poor – it is time to consider a one-off wealth tax By Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central, and Nick Donovan, author of A Unique Contribution, which proposes a one-off… 13th June, 2016, 5:00 pm
Budget 2012 Three brilliant points made by George Osborne George Osborne is a spectacularly wealthy man. That’s not my biased and tribal assessment of things, or if… Mark Ferguson 22nd March, 2012, 10:44 am