As the Guardian reports this morning: Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a
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When the right to vote is being restricted on the basis of race, income and disability are we still a democracy?
As the Guardian has reported this morning: Controversial rules governing voter identification led to racial and disability discrimination at this year’s local elections in England,
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Aligning capital gains tax and income tax rates might raise more than £12 billion in tax a year
I have this morning published the fourth in my series of recommended changes to the UK tax system designed to address the fact that wealth
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Pointing out the massive under-taxation of wealth in the UK is not nonsense – it is totally fair
I published this thread on Twitter this morning: When I started publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 I put out a note suggesting that the
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The use of aggregate data in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
I was asked yesterday about why I am using HMRC aggregate data to estimate the impact of the tax proposals that I am making in
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The ugliness of UK political decision making
Earlier this week, the Tories made it clear that they intend to force up to a million people who are considered unfit to work at
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: methodology
Early on in the series on the Taxing Wealth Report 2024, it is quite important to note the criteria that have been used for appraising
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Taxing wealth: this morning’s Twitter thread
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning to explain the launch of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: Everywhere you look there is reason for
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Ending higher rates of tax relief on pension contributions would raise £14.5 billion in tax a year
The first of the thirty or so recommendations for tax reform to be made in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published this morning.
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