The public back higher taxes on wealth, focus groups reveal
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Conservative manifesto shows UK parties moving leftwards on the economy and tax
The Conservative manifesto , launched on Sunday, opted for a safety first approach to tax, pledging no increases in income tax, national insurance or VAT.…
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Labour announces bold plan to crack down on tax avoidance
Labour’s detailed plan to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance is welcome. The public is fed up of endless stories about big companies or…
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Campaign win! Labour will increase taxes on income from wealth
Labour has promised to tax income from wealth at the same level as income from work in its manifesto launched today. This has been a…
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Conservative’s election tax pledge would mostly benefit the well off
Read our analysis of the full Conservative Party manifesto here . Tax took centre stage this week as Boris Johnson confirmed his well trailed plan…
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33 policies for tax equality – our manifesto
Today, at the start of the 2019 general election, we set out 33 policies for tax justice. After ten years of cuts to public spending,…
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Understanding how tax systems undermine themselves
Over the last decade there has endless stories about how individuals and companies have slashed their tax bills through clever accounting practices. This is often…
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Voters agree: low tax lifestyles enjoyed by the wealthy need to stop
An overwhelming majority of Brits believe those rich enough to live off their wealth should pay at least the same level of tax as others…
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Movement, narrative and power: A strategy for achieving tax justice in the UK
For too long our politics and media has been dominated by a race-to-the-bottom ideology with tax depicted as “theft”. Tax Justice UK exists to overturn…
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Thatcher was right: income from wealth should be taxed the same as income from work
Why should someone who goes out to work for a living pay a higher rate of tax than someone living off their wealth? It’s…
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Spending splurge won’t undo a decade of cuts
The salvo of cash promised in today’s spending review shows anti austerity arguments have won out. But these promises needed to be backed up by…
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It is time to end the low tax lifestyle open to the wealthy.
When it comes to tax Briton’s wealthy have ‘never had it so good’. Recent research found that the unearned income of the most well off…
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Government inheritance tax review demonstrates need for a radical shake up
A review of inheritance tax released by the government today illustrates why the tax is ripe for reform. The Office of Tax Simplification highlighted how…
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New figures show missing billions that make up UK’s tax gap.
Latest figures show the UK is missing out on billions annually in lost tax revenue with amount rising for the second year in a row. Statistics from HMRC…
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It’s time politicians read the last rites for inheritance tax reliefs for the wealthy
Politicians are giving some of the wealthiest families in the UK generous tax breaks, money that cuts into the cash that could be spent on…
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Brexit or not the Chancellor must get his cheque book out
In his Spring Statement earlier today the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, confirmed that the country is sitting on higher than expected public finances, and acknowledged that…
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Will the Chancellor’s Spring Statement bring cuts or a spending splurge?
The Chancellor Philip Hammond must be accustomed to Theresa May stealing his thunder. She bounced him into spending an £18 billion tax windfall on the…
Will the Chancellor’s Spring Statement bring cuts or a spending splurge?