Are wealth taxes coming to britain?

Speculation has reached fever pitch about the contents of the government’s forthcoming Autumn Budget. This follows the assessment of the highly respected NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Soci

The “most hated” tax Controversy of the week ...

Issue of the week: trouble in the gilt ...

Britain’s Treasury is running on fumes. With the autumn budget a couple of months around the corner, chancellor Rachel Reeves is searching for savings – and as ever, the spectre of increased taxation

Christine Cunniffe chokes up a little when I ask her about the children who have left her school since VAT was levied on their fees. “It’s been done quite quietly. I feel for their pain. You can only

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