3 d. ago Rachel Reeves plots raid on small businesses with £2billion VAT hike in autumn Budget

Officials are looking at proposals to slash the threshold at which small businesses and sole traders have to register for VAT. Pictured: Rachel Reeves

Economics

4 d. ago Rachel Reeves warned hiking levies on landlords will 'hurt tenants' with increased rents and fewer homes amid fury at 'Baldrick' Chancellor's latest property tax raid

The Chancellor is reportedly considering a tax raid on landlords by imposing National Insurance on rental income as she looks to plug a £50billion spending hole.

Events

5 d. ago Landlord tax raid: What Rachel Reeves' National Insurance plan could mean for buy

We explain what taxes landlords currently pay, and what they could face under the new proposals.

Economics

5 d. ago Kirstie Allsopp accuses Rachel Reeves of running economy 'like Baldrick' as Chancellor plans 'tax raid on landlords'

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Kirstie Allsopp leads fury at Rachel Reeves' latest property tax raid: Anger at Chancellor's 'cunning plan' to hike levies on landlords sees her accused of 'running the economy like Baldrick'

Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves accused of running the economy 'like Baldrick' as Chancellor plans 'tax raid on landlords'

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'plots tax raid on landlords by applying National Insurance to rental income' as Chancellor looks to plug £50bn spending hole

Treasury officials are said to be looking at proposals to levy £2billion from property earnings as they scramble for revenue-raisers ahead of the Budget this autumn.

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'plans tax raid on landlords' as she looks to raise £2 billion

Proponents of the tax say landlords have been seen as a way of targeting ‘unearned revenue’

Economics

5 d. ago Reeves ‘plots tax raid on landlords’ to help plug £40bn Budget black hole

Chancellor considers applying national insurance to rental income, according to reports

Economics

1 week ago Labour rakes record £100 BILLION of taxes in July as Rachel Reeves plots new raid on middle classes to repair 'chronically weak' public finances

The haul - the highest ever for July - was boosted by Rachel Reeves' employer national insurance raid. However, that policy is also blamed for making it harder for firms to hire.

Economics

2 w. 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

2 w. 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

2 w. 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

2 w. 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

2 w. 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

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves faces ‘impossible trilemma’ and must raise taxes or cut spending to plug £50bn black hole

Leading economists say the chancellor may have to raise taxes, cut public spending or tear up her fiscal rules

Economics