Rachel Reeves is trying it on – we shouldn’t believe a thing she says
That’s what Reeves is about to do in preparing the ground for a raft of tax rises.On the stump, she...
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Labour’s ‘discovery’ of a £20bn black hole is shameless
No one really thought the Tories would ever deliver spending cuts on such a scale. No one thinks Labour will...
Labour is coming for your savings – this is how to protect them
Tax grabBut is this foundational stone of Britain’s savings culture about to come under threat after an electorate shift to the...
The broken promises that prove why you can’t trust Labour with your money
Then in the 2008 Budget, Alistair Darling announced the introduction of the additional income tax band, levied at 50pc on...
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...
Gordon Brown-backed stealth tax could push up mortgage payments by £170
Gordon Brown’s proposal to launch a stealth tax raid on banks would add hundreds of pounds to the cost of...
‘Tax rises inevitable’ because of Bank of England money-printing costs
This is a problem for the Government because successive chancellors, from Alastair Darling to Rishi Sunak, promised to cover any...
Mass migration and quantitative easing are impoverishing Britain
Growth in living standards – as any South American junta could tell you – comes one of two ways: real...
There’s a crushing consensus that Britain’s economic stagnation is now inevitable
If Britain gets lucky, it will achieve around 2pc growth – better than nothing, but still woeful compared to what’s...
Six ways Britain can fix its looming retirement crisis
First, tackling the problem at source. It is often assumed that you cannot fight demographics, but this is not always...
