Tax

Britain’s VAT rules need a total rethink

Businesses should call on the chancellor to put VAT on everything while complex rules should be consigned to history

Remember, remember Liz Truss this November

Three years after the former PM sparked an economic crisis, here’s how the chancellor can avoid the same mistakes

If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty

Better grades in school will lead to higher wages, more tax revenue and less welfare spending for the next generation

My home in Clacton is my partner’s, says Farage

Nigel Farage described claims he might have saved in stamp duty as ‘unfair and untrue’

How Rachel Reeves can raise tax while freeing up growth

A yearly property tax could raise as much as stamp duty, which stops people moving to get a better job

Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts

The economy is faring rather better than Labour’s media detractors would have you believe

‘Quiet luxury’ land tax on the wealthy could fund levelling up

A ‘Cotswold Wealth Tax’ could generate a windfall for the government from Britain’s trendiest enclave for the super-rich

Controversy over how to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

Last week, the supreme court ruled that Phi, a now-derelict superyacht seized in March 2022, would remain in London

Where can Rachel Reeves raise tax?

Online gambling? A wealth tax? Or even – gasp – tinkering with the triple lock? The chancellor has to do something…