Top private school fees exceed the UK’s median wage
Nine of the UK’s most prestigious private schools charge parents more than typical earnings of £33,000.
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A low-tax Labour Party would destroy the Conservatives
Keir Starmer’s plan to cut taxes leaves the Tories with nowhere to go.
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The market revolt against Liz Truss does not prove that austerity was justified
Far from vindicating the Cameron-Osborne approach, the last few weeks merely prove what a tragic error it was.
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Jeremy Hunt hastens Liz Truss’s downfall
The Chancellor has trashed the rationale for her premiership and the mandate on which she was elected.
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Why higher corporation tax is good for growth
The British tax system is biased towards services, and a higher headline rate could redress the balance.
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Kwasi Kwarteng makes a cautious retreat
The Chancellor has deferred to convention with two U-turns meant to reassure the markets.
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Cutting taxes for women who have more children is farcical
Women contribute more to the economy than babies.
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How Liz Truss’s stealth taxes will squeeze households
For every £1 saved by tax cuts, an extra £2 is set to be lost to tax rises and benefit…
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What people miss when they criticise inheritance tax
Only 4 per cent of estates end up having to pay it.
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How does the UK’s 45p income tax rate compare internationally?
There are 10 European countries with higher top tax rates than Britain.
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Liz Truss’s tax U-turn is even worse for her than it looks
Her whole philosophy is based on incentives for the rich.
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Will Liz Truss’s U-turn on the 45p tax rate be enough to save her premiership?
At the Tory conference there are signs of discontent almost everywhere.
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Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right
The free-market thinkers and ideas behind the most radical economic experiment in Britain for 40 years.
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“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut
Highly paid City workers say the tax cut is wasted on them.
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Taxing non-doms fairly would raise billions
HMRC data has shown that non-dom status has been abused by the rich. It’s time for that to change.
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Kwarteng hands FTSE bosses a £34m tax break
Britain’s richest CEOs will take home an extra £148,273 from next April.
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The mini-Budget left both Tory and Labour MPs stunned
Faced with the remarkable abolition of the 45p tax rate, the House of Commons did not know how to respond.
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Kwasi Kwarteng has cut tax for the highest earners – will he pay a political price?
Like George Osborne, the new Chancellor has delivered another “tax cut for millionaires” but history suggests Labour may not benefit.
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Stamp duty is a useless tax – but cutting it won’t help
People aren’t moving because house prices are too high.
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What to expect from Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget announcement today
Each policy is likely to be justified in terms of one aim: economic growth.
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