Chancellor hopes extra money for NHS and public services will make it easier to accept higher taxes and slow growthRachel Reeves used her budget debut to announce a massive package of tax, spending and borrowing increases as she...
Read MoreChancellor also criticised for letting the very rich off the hook with a lower than expected rise in capital gains taxBudget 2024: key points at a glanceTax rises aimed at inherited wealth are at risk of backfiring, after the...
Read MoreRachel Reeves will seek to close £40bn Whitehall spending gap with range of potential measuresLabour has two aims in the budget: to make tax rises and spending cuts that close a spending gap in day-to-day Whitehall budgets...
Read MorePM says manifesto ‘really clear’ on tax and national insurance after questions over definition of working peopleKeir Starmer has denied misleading the public over tax rises during the election campaign, amid reports...
Read MoreShareholders and property owners who also work not within PM’s definition of ‘working people’ and could be losers in the autumn budgetKeir Starmer has hinted at tax rises for those who earn their income from...
Read MoreThe chancellor is aiming to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts to fill ‘black hole’ in public financesThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is exploring ways to raise billions of pounds extra in taxes at...
Read MoreFears among landlords and second home owners that tax would rise in budget said to be unfoundedUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves will not change the rate of capital gains tax on the sale of second homes in the...
Read MoreGroup of wealthy investors argue it would have no impact on investment in the UK and would raise vital funds for public servicesRachel Reeves has been urged by a group of millionaire business owners to raise £14bn from an...
Read MoreExclusive: Rates of 33% to 39% being tested as Treasury source says tax-raising plans are in ‘complete disarray’Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax to as high as 39% in the budget, the Guardian can...
Read MoreExclusive: Rates of 33% to 39% being tested as Treasury source says tax-raising plans are in ‘complete disarray’Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax as high as 39% in the budget, the Guardian can...
Read MoreLiam Byrne has warned the chancellor that extra levies on the rich are needed to halt the rise of the populist rightA failure by Rachel Reeves to back a “windfall of wealth taxes” in her budget risks fuelling the...
Read MoreLib Dem leader says government should use taxes on banks and wealthy to put nearly £5bn a year into health serviceKeir Starmer must abandon plans to delay investment in the NHS and instead use new taxes on banks and the...
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