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Rishi Sunak paid effective tax rate of 23% on £2.2m income last year

Low capital gains rate and US location of funds mean tax bill of £508,000 much less than under top income rate of 45%

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Starmer’s £28bn green plan was bungled but Labour still has bold hopes for the country – and the planet

Even if pared back, the party still has the only real growth policy in town, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Jeremy Hunt may launch ‘British Isa’ investing in UK company shares

Chancellor hints at tax-free plan for budget as part of efforts to revive country’s stock market

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Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know now about our green plan

No one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this, say Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

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CBI tells Jeremy Hunt to focus on green investment instead of tax cuts in budget

Lobby group joins calls for chancellor to resist pre-election giveaways next month and spend on projects to boost economy

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Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

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UK Prime Minister Faces Pressure to Apologize for Transgender Remark

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism for a remark about transgender people, causing controversy and calls for an apology.

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OPINION - The Standard View: Scrap the tourist tax in your Budget, Mr Hunt

It costs money, jobs and drives foreign visitors away from London: apart from that, the tourist tax is a fine piece of Treasury policy. So it is with great relief that retail, hospitality and leisure businesses across the capital have greeted reports that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has ordered a…

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Hunt knows he must scrap the ‘tourist tax’. But the politics are tricky

City Comment: The OBR might offer the Chancellor a way to present his U-turn as in the interests of UK plc as a whole, not just London

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt urged to scrap 'tourist tax' within weeks in Budget and give London significant economic boost

Jeremy Hunt was urged on Monday to scrap the “tourist tax” within weeks and give London a significant economic boost.

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Penury and decay mark Brexit’s miserable anniversary

Four years after leaving, and with more self-harm in prospect, austerity is eating away at Britain. Where is the indignation?

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It’s time for Labour to kick back against the Tory attacks. This is where it should start

Why is £28bn of green spending endlessly scrutinised while the Conservatives get a free pass on their new round of painful austerity, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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DWP benefit cap: what is it and is it changing?

Some benefits will increase in April, but what does that mean for those impacted by the benefit cap?

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Labour rules out raising corporation tax above 25% in next parliament

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business summit of measures to boost investment, productivity and certainty

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Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – as it happened

Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’

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Jeremy Hunt plays down talk of spring budget tax cut after IMF warning

Chancellor says less room now for spring giveaway despite being widely thought to be gearing up for cuts

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s tax plans: stop trying to buy votes

Editorial: The IMF is right: Downing Street is taking a foolish risk by putting tax cuts before public spending

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Labour has one big spending plan, and it is making a hash of it. It must communicate better than this

The only real problem with the green prosperity fund is its name. It is an industrial strategy. Name it plainly and sell it, says political strategist John McTernan

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IMF cautions against UK cutting taxes in upcoming Budget

The country needs the money to invest in public services and get the national debt under control, the International Monetary Fund said

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Carrie Johnson shocked by Ikea: 'They have everything'

Could John Lewis be next?

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The tourist tax puts off up to two million people a year from visiting the UK, says new report

Jeremy Hunt has said in the Autumn Statement he would "look again" at the pros and cons of the tax perk

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‘I detest bullies’: Dr Rachel Clarke on Jeremy Hunt, government lies and the long legacy of Covid

The ‘industrial scale of death’ on the Covid frontline left Clarke and her colleagues traumatised and underpaid while the powerful partied and profited. Now, her pandemic memoir is coming to TV with the help of Jed Mercurio

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Governments facing wipeout will always cut taxes but there are better uses for UK’s £20bn windfall

Instead, Jeremy Hunt could shelve plan to cut public investment or repair welfare safety net

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Chancellor considers further national insurance cut to take heat off Rishi Sunak

Jeremy Hunt targets further reduction in ‘jobs tax’ in March budget

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What state are government finances in and what legacy is Reeves likely to inherit?

Hunt has steadied the ship, but some may question whether there is really fiscal room for tax cuts

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