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State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle is brewing in California over a plan to tax billionaires – with tech titans divided over whether they should pay up, or flee the state.Under...
Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens | Larry Elliott
At home, the machinery of government creaks badly – abroad, a leaden UK lags far behind dynamic competitors. A radical overhaul is needed Governments come into office brimming with confidence. They say their election win is a mandate for change, and that work on its...
Starmer says Reform UK and Tories are in ‘cruel alliance’, as bill to get rid of two-child benefit cap unveiled – UK politics live
The legislation will be introduced today and the government says it will lift almost 500,000 children out of povertyLabour has put out these figures, from the Department for Work and Pensions, showing how many children, and how many households, will benefit from the...
Mandelson accuses European leaders of ‘histrionic’ reaction to Trump’s Greenland stance
Article by former British ambassador to US is likely to be seen as criticism of Keir StarmerLord Mandelson has accused European leaders including Keir Starmer of a “histrionic” reaction to Donald Trump’s plan to take over Greenland, arguing that without “hard power...