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SNP’s Amy Callaghan has cross-party support, and notes 16,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed in UK each yearAn MP who survived skin cancer as a teenager is canvassing cross-party support for her campaign to remove VAT from sunscreen products.Amy C…
Paul Johnson, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, issues plea for honesty from Labour and the Conservatives about tax and spending choices ahead of electionUnveiling significant tax cuts before next year’s general election would put Britain’s “scary” …
Foreign Office staff subsidies bill for boarding school education rises by nearly a third in a yearThe Foreign Office has spent more than £13m sending the children of diplomats to top private schools in Britain such as Eton and Winchester CollegeThe go…
Tory MPs call for targeted tax cuts as Labour criticises 14th interest rate hike as ‘mortgage bombshell’Bank warns rates will remain high for at least two yearsMore pain in store: Bank raises a few eyebrowsExplainer: what the rate rise means for youRis…
Exclusive: Maurizio Bragagni, who has given over £700k to Tories and £30k to chancellor, attended eventUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt oversaw the signing of a low-tax treaty with San Marino championed by a leading Tory donor, who with his…
Shadow net zero secretary attacks Sunak’s ‘perverse’ policy as Shell and British Gas report large profitsUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has been urged to close the holes in his “Swiss cheese” of a windfall ta…
Treasury committee report says tax system is too complicated and finds two-thirds of relief policies are uncostedAlmost £200bn of tax reliefs handed to businesses and individuals each year should come under greater government scrutiny to prevent fraud …
Momentum and union party members at national policy forum say Labour leader’s vision is not bold enoughKeir Starmer has seen off attempts by groups including Unite and Momentum for Labour to adopt policies that were deemed to be “un-costed”.After a wee…
More than a quarter of routes in English county and rural areas have been lost over 10 yearsEndangered rural bus services have dwindled to a new low after losing out on funding after the pandemic, analysis for councils has shown.More than a quarter of …
Official figures show in a 15-month period at least 50% of disqualified bosses are accused of fraud or abuse of coronavirus support schemes More than half of all company directors struck off in Britain in the past 15 months were involved in alleged fr…