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Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement

The chancellor has ruled out raising taxes in the Spring Statement, but could this mean the biggest cuts to welfare spending since austerity?

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Your payslip can be confusing if you don’t know what to look for. Here’s how to make sense of the numbers

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here’s what you need to know
Bonds

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here’s what you need to know

Scary things are happening in the financial markets and people are talking about Liz Truss again. We’ve broken down the impact it’s likely to have

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

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‘We’ll have to get more militant’: The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
Farming

‘We’ll have to get more militant’: The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives

‘It could have been from Gordon Brown’: Experts weigh in on how radical Labour’s budget really is
Autumn budget

‘It could have been from Gordon Brown’: Experts weigh in on how radical Labour’s budget really is

‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more
Wealth tax

‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more

Wealth is increasingly in the hands of winners. It’s why Labour must introduce a wealth tax
Max Steuer

Wealth is increasingly in the hands of winners. It’s why Labour must introduce a wealth tax

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone
Autumn budget

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap
Letters

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality
Taxes

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch
General Election 2024

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters
General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters

National service for Gen Z, tax breaks for boomers: Why ‘desperate’ Tories are chasing older voters
General Election 2024

National service for Gen Z, tax breaks for boomers: Why ‘desperate’ Tories are chasing older voters

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools
Labour

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

Yes, National Insurance cuts have taken effect – but it doesn’t mean lower earners are better off
National insurance

Yes, National Insurance cuts have taken effect – but it doesn’t mean lower earners are better off

Jeremy Hunt’s decision to ignore homelessness emergency in Spring Budget is dangerous
Rick Henderson

Jeremy Hunt’s decision to ignore homelessness emergency in Spring Budget is dangerous

Letters: Our 20-year tax fight with HMRC made us ill
Letters

Letters: Our 20-year tax fight with HMRC made us ill

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Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?
Childcare

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly
Benefits

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly

Rishi Sunak is overseeing biggest tax rises since Second World War, IFS think tank finds
Tax rises

Rishi Sunak is overseeing biggest tax rises since Second World War, IFS think tank finds

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax
Wealth Tax

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax