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International fund set up at Cop27 is intended to provide compensation to countries worst hit by climate breakdownA tax on wealthy Britons of just 0.5% could more than meet the UK’s entire “fair share” contribution to the international loss and damage …
Move comes as senior Tory blames party’s scrapping of housebuilding targets for poor local election resultsLabour is considering moves to levy higher taxes on foreign buyers of UK homes, as a senior Conservative blamed their party’s abolition of houseb…
From rationing to taxes, house prices to health – the differences and similarities between the Britains of 1953 and 2023Double-digit inflation prompted by a regional war. Essential goods in short supply in the shops. Shortages of workers. In some respe…
Keir Starmer’s U-turn on pledge to abolish university tuition fees is poorly timed just before local electionsA month before the 1992 general election, which the Tories won even though many expected to see Labour in Downing Street, shadow chancellor Jo…
SNP leader tells cross-party summit interventions funded by ‘bold’ tax decisions should be focus rather than universal provisionScottish ministers must be “hard-headed and realistic” in tackling poverty, focusing on targeted interventions funded by “bo…
The independent Vermont senator argued against unfettered capitalism in an interview with journalist Chris WallaceThe US government should confiscate 100% of any money that Americans make above $999m, the leftwing independent senator Bernie Sanders sai…
Party wants greater taxation on North Sea profits to fund freeze on council tax for cash-strapped UK householdsAnalysis: does UK need to drill for more North Sea oil and gas?Energy companies are making £60m in profits a day from operations in the North…
Report says revenues raised from a gradually imposed fuel tax could be used to transition to low-carbon fisheriesThe EU lavished up to €15.7bn in fossil fuel subsidies on its fishing industry over the last decade, but campaigners are now calling for th…
Non-dom tax status of Akshata Murty called into question in latest ad criticising Tories’ recordUK politics live – latest updatesA senior Labour politician has said the Conservative record on crime and child sexual abuse prosecutions are “legitimate ar…
Former chancellor fundamentally changed the UK economy during his six-year stint at the Treasury, and not much has changed since thenNigel Lawson: former Conservative chancellor dies, aged 91Enoch Powell famously said all political careers end in failu…