Tax
Britain is no longer a functional country
No. 10 quickly asserted that the meltdown at National Air Traffic Services was a technical issue rather than a cyber…
Can the Tories come up with a tax offer in time?
Last summer, all the Tory party could talk about was tax. It was at the heart of the leadership contest…
How to increase your home’s value – with a sandwich
It is a tenet of neo-liberal economics that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This is obvious…
The truth about corporate taxes
I’ve chosen to write about corporate tax rates this week not because they’re the sexiest subject available but because –…
Scrapping inheritance tax is a terrible idea
There is no hole deep enough that a Conservative minister cannot muster the spadework to excavate it to even greater…
The audacity of Kwarteng's tax cut for the rich
George Osborne dreamed about it and Rishi Sunak told friends that he’d like to do it if everything went well…
Only one tax cut can save Rishi Sunak now
Rishi Sunak’s promises on tax are lacklustre. He’s announced a fiddly one-off tax break on energy that will last for just a…
The real difference between Sunak and Truss's tax policies
The Tory leadership race is becoming a test of patience. Today Rishi Sunak has laid out his plan to slash…
How much did Emily Maitlis cost licence fee payers?
Off duty How many non-doms are there in the UK? – In the year ending 2020, 75,700 people filled in…
The war on workers
It is been a familiar story in recent years: a Budget that sounded reasonably good when delivered, but that unravels…
Should the young pay less tax than the old?
In evolutionary terms, it is obvious why we get more conservative with age. Two strong forces, acting in the same…
Is Biden trying to crash the economy?
A war is raging in Ukraine. Inflation has risen to a 30-year high and may have started to spiral out…
The Chancellor’s difficult choices
The Office for Budget Responsibility was designed to protect the Chancellor from accusations that he is cooking the books. If…
The return of fiscal conservatism
Next month, Rishi Sunak will break a Tory manifesto pledge by increasing National Insurance as the tax burden heads to…
Why windfall taxes are a rotten idea
Annual profits of £9.5 billion at BP this week followed a £20 billion jackpot at Shell last week, thanks to…
Revealed: how the NHS waiting list will hit 9.2 million
Who really controls the NHS?
After Omicron: there’s no longer a case for restrictions on liberty
Covid-19 is in decline in Britain, with Omicron cases now falling as fast as they rose. The booster programme —…
Get ready to start paying the cost of Covid
Forget the desirability (or lack thereof) of tax hikes: can Britain survive them? That’s the economic question that kicked off…
Does Boris believe in Brexit?
For once, yesterday’s Downing Street press conference included a worthwhile question, and not of the ‘why aren’t you locking us…
A global corporation tax is a terrible mistake
International cooperation is alive and well – at least when it comes to raising taxes. One hundred and thirty six…
Could the squeeze on living standards bring down Boris?
There is about to be a two-phase onslaught on the living standards of those on low-to-middling incomes. On 1 October…
Portrait of the week: Tax rises, Tube gets busier and Taliban names its government
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced a new tax in the Commons branded a ‘health and social care levy’.…
Levelling up: the inversion of the welfare state
Why politicians are competing to bribe the affluent
Boris’s premiership is entering a dangerous new phase
The announcement of a tax increase for both workers and employers to fund more spending on health and social care…
