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Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staffGambling lobbyists are staging a summer charm offensive designed to stop ministers from raising taxes on the sector, the Guardian has learned, including…
Chancellor is advised to give herself more leeway in the next budget before adjusting taxation or spendingThe International Monetary Fund has urged Rachel Reeves to consider ending the pensions triple lock and charging for NHS treatment as it said the …
Charlie Nunn says higher taxation would be inconsistent with chancellor’s drive for growthBusiness live – updatesThe boss of Britain’s largest mortgage lender has warned Rachel Reeves that increasing taxes on banks in her autumn budget would damage Lab…
Chancellor under pressure to recruit new experts as John Van Reenen and Anna Valero return to academia Business live – latest updatesIn the run-up to her crunch autumn budget, Rachel Reeves will seek to recruit a heavyweight economic adviser after the…
Report comes as government faces growing demands for wealth tax to improve health of public finances after welfare U-turn earlier this monthHM Revenue and Customs has been sharply criticised by parliament’s spending watchdog for being unable to track h…
Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’What is a wealth tax and would it work in the UK?A growing number of climate groups are campaigning for the introduction of a wealth tax to ensur…
It would be popular and could raise big money, but some fear it would be costly to administer and drive the rich awayClimate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economyA wealth tax is an annual levy on an individual’s tota…
Energy secretary says it is not clear if opposition have any net zero policy As Rowena Mason revealed recently, No 10 has issued guidance that in effect bans civil servants from any level of speaking at events where journalists are present.Today the Ti…
Chain reports £147m loss last year as business rates blamed for accelerating closuresThe boss of the pub chain Greene King has called for changes to business rates to remedy “unfairness” that he said added to financial pressures on the struggling pubs …
Recruitment body blames ‘scar tissue’ left by April tax increases as starting salaries rise only modestly in JuneThe number of people hunting for jobs in Britain surged in June at the fastest rate since the height of the Covid pandemic, industry figure…