Abolishing non-dom status should just be the beginning
It’s not true that there’s no money left. Politicians are simply refusing to tax extreme wealth properly.
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Corporate super-profits are not pensioners’ friends
Critics say windfall taxes will hit pension funds and negatively impact ordinary households. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Giorgia Meloni’s bank job
The Italian prime minister’s windfall tax isn’t quite as radical as it appears.
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Keir Starmer’s energy strategy hints at Wilson-like cunning
Labour’s proposal to freeze families’ energy bills is the right policy at the right time.
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Does Keir Starmer’s plan to freeze energy bills go far enough?
The Labour leader’s intervention has been welcomed, but critics on the left argue firms should be nationalised, not bailed out.
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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily
It would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
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What is Rishi Sunak’s pitch to the public?
The Chancellor’s repeated U-turns on tax and spending risk leaving voters confused.
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Rishi Sunak has handed Labour the political advantage
The Chancellor’s embrace of tax and spend weakens the Tories’ strongest attack lines against the opposition.
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Rishi Sunak’s UK windfall tax has un-greened a green idea
The Chancellor’s levy on energy companies will create more problems for the climate.
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“A windfall tax with no green strings attached”: Reactions to Rishi Sunak’s cost-of-living measures
The Chancellor has laid out steps to help people with food and fuel costs. Will it be enough?
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Rishi Sunak has left Labour with a political headache
After the Chancellor’s dramatic intervention, Keir Starmer’s party has lost its only clear dividing lines with the Conservatives.
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A windfall tax is not unconservative
Raising billions from oil and gas companies would put more money in people’s pockets without raising the national debt.
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Would a windfall tax really be spent on reducing energy bills?
Fossil fuel firms are making a fortune. There is no reason not to make them pay to help struggling voters.
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Rishi Sunak must urgently do more for the poorest
The Chancellor does not have a magic wand but he should prioritise the most vulnerable as inflation surges.
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Tories are beginning to see an energy windfall tax as a “no brainer”
Stuck for ideas to address the cost-of-living crisis, some Conservatives now view Labour’s proposal as an easy win.
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Shell and BP profits reach a record high
Demands for a windfull tax on oil and gas giants in the UK are growing.
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