4 h. ago Price of Labour is a leap in inflation: Tax raid on employers and minimum wage hike have driven up costs, with more pain to come

The Tories warned 'Britain can't afford Labour' after figures showed consumer prices rose by 3.8 per cent last month compared with a year earlier.

Economics

16 h. ago Rachel Reeves' new property tax could hit downsizing pensioners in the pocket by changing the rules for selling a family home

In what has been dubbed a form of 'mansion tax', the Chancellor is reportedly looking to end the exemption from capital gains tax when owners of higher-value properties sell up.

Society

17 h. ago Now Rachel Reeves will hit pensioners in the pocket with fresh tax raid: Labour 'looks to make selling family homes liable for capital gains'

In what has been dubbed a 'mansion tax', the Chancellor is reportedly looking to end the exemption from capital gains tax when owners of higher-value properties sell up.

Economics

20 h. ago Plumbing tycoon Charlie Mullins joins fury at Rachel Reeves as he accuses Labour of 'ROBBING' hardworking Brits with property tax raid

The millionaire hit out at the Chancellor's 'atrocious' tax plans and claimed she was 'robbing' working class Brits.

Economics

21 h. ago Now Rachel Reeves plans a 'mansion tax' as Chancellor 'seeks to hit owners of high

The Chancellor is reportedly drawing up plans to end the current exemption from capital gains tax when some people sell their main home.

Events

42 h. ago Kirstie Allsopp leads fury at Rachel Reeves' new property tax plan 'to punish Britons for working hard': Labour raid on ALL homes worth more than £500k is 'wealth tax in all but name'

The Chancellor has been accused of seeking to 'punish people' for making sacrifices to buy their own homes.

Economics

43 h. ago Fury at Rachel Reeves' new property tax plan to 'punish Britons for working hard': Labour raid on ALL homes worth more than £500k is 'wealth tax in all but name'

The Chancellor has been accused of seeking to 'punish people' for making sacrifices to buy their own homes.

Economics

45 h. ago Rachel Reeves plots a new property tax raid on ALL homes worth more than £500,000 AND a new 'local property tax'

The Chancellor is said to have ordered Treasury officials to examine reforms to the current stamp duty system.

Economics

47 h. ago Rachel Reeves set for 'punishingly high' new tax raid on Brits as £500k warning issued

Fresh reports suggest Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a new national property tax on homes above £500,000, which would be paid by owner-occupiers when they sell their home

Events

4 d. ago If you're rushing to beat Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid and protect your wealth you must read this. These are the costly hidden pitfalls experts say you need to know about

The threat of another inheritance tax raid could goad growing numbers of people into making generous gifts to loved ones before the taxman can swipe their family wealth.

Economics

5 d. ago Tractor tax more likely to hit working farmers than wealthy landowners, think tank tells Reeves

Labour chancellor warned over her planned inheritance tax raid on farms

Economics

6 d. ago Don't act on Budget tax raid speculation, Aviva boss warns customers

Boss Amanda Blanc warned over a repeat of last year when fears of a pension tax raid sparked frenzied activity across the sector.

Economics

7 d. ago Reeves accused of ‘punishing families’ with inheritance tax raid – that still ‘won’t fill Labour’s blackhole’

Former government economist Jonathan Portes told The Independent changes to inheritance tax would not raise enough to plug the UK’s multi-billion-pound fiscal shortfall

Politics

7 d. ago 'Politics of envy': Fury as Labour opens the door to an inheritance tax raid on Middle England as ministers fail to deny push to end tax

Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, failed to rule out changes to the so-called 'death tax' this autumn amid growing concerns about the state of the public finances.

Politics

8 d. ago Now Rachel Reeves plots inheritance tax raid on Middle England to plug huge gap in public finances as Tories blast Labour's 'politics of envy'

The Chancellor is said to be looking at tightening rules on gifting of money and assets before someone passes away to address an estimated £50billion spending hole at the next Budget .

Politics

8 d. ago Families of people dying too young to access pensions not spared in inheritance tax raid

Taxing pensions of anyone who dies before 55 - the minimum age to access private pots - has been decried as 'unbelievably unfair' and 'abhorrent' by some money experts.

Economics

1 week ago KEMI BADENOCH: Labour's council tax rises are a cynical raid on the very people who keep this country going

Rachel Reeves 's business-squeezing budget has led to rising unemployment, lower growth and a stagnant economy. As ever, Labour's answer is even more tax rises.

Politics

1 week ago Rachel Reeves' NI tax raid is pushing up the price of food and it could get worse in the autumn, experts warn

Rachel Reeves' tax raid on businesses is hitting households at the supermarket till, the Bank of England said.

Events

2 w. ago ANGELA RAYNER: 'National Minimum Wage was a lifeline for me and other low

Deputy PM Angela Rayner writes for The Mirror as the Low Pay Commission begins its annual work to consult with employers, trade unions and workers on the National Minimum Wage

Politics

2 w. ago Pensioners race to cash in pots to beat Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid

The amount taken out of retirement funds jumped by almost a quarter to £5billion in the first three months of this year, according to the latest HMRC figures.

Economics