Labour’s private school tax raid ‘likely illegal’
Jeremy Hyam KC, a human rights lawyer, said: “It is clearly arguable that if the state imposes VAT and removes...
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Sir Keir Starmer is about to discover just how lucky he really is
These extra costs help explain why the tax burden has risen to record peacetime levels even as public services are...
Britain’s paltry savings are in Labour’s crosshairs
It’s one thing to limit the extent of tax relief on pension contributions, but it is quite another for the...
Britain is no longer the problem child of Europe – France proves that
Remarkably, on the “Left”, the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) appears to be even more fiscally irresponsible. In fact, what could rattle...
Ghosts of the ’70s haunt Labour’s economic resurrection
The prospect of all that extra QE debt being sold inflamed financial markets, with gilt prices immediately falling, pushing up...
How Britain’s wealthiest savers are preparing for a Labour government
In 2021, Ms Reeves said that she would evaluate all tax reliefs and exemptions if Labour came to power.She once...
Why lawyerly Keir Starmer may struggle to restore the City’s swagger
Painful new taxes came in under the Conservatives. The bank levy rakes in around £1.5bn per year for the Exchequer....
At least we’ll all be equally miserable under Labour
Without the reliable flexible worker (gas), the factory owner is unable to respond to either volatility of demand or supply...
How Britain’s property market recovery was stopped in its tracks
Ironically, when the Bank of England does cut rates for the first time, the impact on mortgage rates is likely...
Whisper it, but Labour is about to inherit a rallying economy
The long hiatus in business investment seen since the vote for Brexit may finally have run its course. Years of...
