50 h. ago London tax bombshell: 170,000 would be hit by stealth income threshold freeze extension

Rachel Reeves admitted during the Labour Party Conference that she no longer stands by her pledge last year not to raise taxes

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3 d. ago Streeting rules out Government imposing VAT on private healthcare

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced repeated questions about whether she will raise taxes, including VAT, when she delivers the Budget in November.

Politics

3 d. ago Streeting vetoes Treasury VAT raid on private health that could have hit millions of families as Rachel Reeves desperate struggles for ways to raise tax

Health Secretary Wes Streeting moved to crush the idea being mooted within government amid fears it would have hit eight million families.

Economics

3 d. ago Update in personal income tax allowance 'raise to £15,600' call

The personal tax allowance stands at £12,570 but high inflation and the impact on supermarket bills are leading to calls for change

Economics

3 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'mulling VAT raid on middle classes' as Chancellor ditches pledge not to raise taxes

The Prime Minister will say Britain stands at a fork in the road with a choice between decency and division

Economics

3 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: She droned on and on like a robot with a bunged

She has gone the full Bernard Bresslaw. A horrible year in office has tarred Rachel Reeves's voice. It is deeper, more adenoidal. In her conference speech she kept honking.

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4 d. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves must get it right this time and raise taxes

The chancellor must explain honestly that a better future for Britain cannot fund itself and that more taxes are inevitable, writes John Rentoul. But if she was overestimated when she took over the Treasury, she may be underestimated now

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves confirms she no longer stands by pledge not to raise taxes

Chancellor says ‘world has changed’ and UK not immune to effects of wars, US tariffs and higher borrowing costsUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has confirmed she no longer stands by a pledge last year not to raise taxes ahead of her speech to the Labour conference, saying “the world has changed” due to a mixture of conflicts, US tariffs and higher borrowing costs.In a series of broadcast interviews before she addressed the gathering in Liverpool, the chancellor strongly hinted, however, that VAT was not due to rise in November’s budget. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows not to raise taxes on 'working people' in her Autumn budget

Chancellor vows to stand by Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise taxes on working people - but leaves door open to changing VAT rules

Economics

4 d. ago Skint families demand urgent wealth tax backed even by millionaires

A huge new poll of more than 45,000 people has found raising taxes on the super-wealthy is the public's third most popular demand to Keir Starmer

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves faces the fight of her life to duck the blame for tax rises

Editorial: The chancellor is entitled to point out that her Tory predecessors are partly responsible, but she cannot avoid the consequences of her own decisions

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7 d. ago Labour must improve lives by time it leaves office, says Reeves

The Chancellor was speaking to the Global Progress Action Summit.

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7 d. ago SIR JEREMY HUNT: Rachel Reeves doesn't have to raise taxes in the Budget

It is now just over eight weeks until the Budget. Already we are being 'softened up' for tax rises which the Government wants us to believe are inevitable.

Economics

9 d. ago Second think tank urges Chancellor Rachel Reeves to break manifesto vows and raise national insurance, income tax or VAT this autumn

Rachel Reeves has been urged to ditch her manifesto promise and hike income tax, national insurance or VAT this autumn.

Economics

1 week ago Inflation to surge and growth to drop in fresh economic blow to Reeves

With a difficult Labour conference to come next week followed by the autumn Budget, the OECD’s conclusions have come at a bad time for Rachel Reeves

Economics

1 week ago Reeves urged to break Labour manifesto pledge and raise income tax

Resolution Foundation also suggests chancellor should cut employee national insurance to ease burden on workers

Politics

1 week ago Britain could 'lose the war on inflation': Higher business rates 'to push up food prices', retail bosses warn Reeves

The BRC said the Chancellor 'risks losing the battle against inflation' if she pushes ahead with plans to raise taxes on around 4,000 shops.

Economics

1 week ago After 36 years of paying taxes and raising kids in America, they’re self

Holly Baxter speaks to a family who are packing up nearly four decades of their lives and voluntarily leaving the country before they can be detained

Economics

1 week ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned her tax hikes risk sending UK economy into a 'doom loop'

In a bleak report ahead of the Budget in November, the Office for National Statistics revealed the Government borrowed £18billion last month alone as it spent more on the state than it raised in tax.

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2 w. ago Budget tax rises are 'inevitable'. How to shield your money from Rachel Reeves with time running out: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

A warning tax rises must surely come in November's Budget came after government borrowing soared way above forecast. We reveal how to protect your money.

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