Wealth Tax

‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
Letters

‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’

Postwar prime minister Clement Attlee adopted a Keynesian policy to transform the country. Are today’s leaders too timid to do the same?

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

Neil Duncan-Jordan spoke to the Big Issue about why he wants to see an ‘essentials guarantee’ in universal credit, what he thinks about the government’s approach to welfare, and where he thinks Labour is going wrong

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility
Housing

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility

House prices surged between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s. A new study from the Institute of Fiscal Studies breaks down how it drove inequality among the next generation

It’s fine to be confused by Labour’s economic plans – here’s the thread that connects it all
Pranesh Narayanan

It’s fine to be confused by Labour’s economic plans – here’s the thread that connects it all

Millionaires tell Rachel Reeves: Tax us more or lose to Reform in the next election
Wealth tax

Millionaires tell Rachel Reeves: Tax us more or lose to Reform in the next election

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I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival

Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package should be a call to action for Labour this budget
Campaigners at Everyone Hates Elon

Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package should be a call to action for Labour this budget

Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?
Your views

Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?

Rachel Reeves looks set to raise taxes in the autumn budget. What does it mean for you?
Autumn budget

Rachel Reeves looks set to raise taxes in the autumn budget. What does it mean for you?

‘Don’t be a robot – and go left’: What can Labour learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York?
Politics

‘Don’t be a robot – and go left’: What can Labour learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York?

Young people call on Rachel Reeves to bring in wealth tax: ‘Our generation is losing hope’
Wealth Tax

Young people call on Rachel Reeves to bring in wealth tax: ‘Our generation is losing hope’

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Howard Reed and Martin O’Neill

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Wealth

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Wealth Tax

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?
Reform UK

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?

Labour is ‘missing a trick’ by not taxing housing wealth, expert says
Housing

Labour is ‘missing a trick’ by not taxing housing wealth, expert says

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes
Wealth tax

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’
Wealth

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’

‘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

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

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Brazil wants to tax the world’s wealthiest 3,000 people. Here’s how that money could change the world
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world’s wealthiest 3,000 people. Here’s how that money could change the world