REVEALED: Onward - The Real Truth

Fact check: Alternative scenario suggests fewer heat pumps and electric cars

A new report focuses on cutting electricity costs.

Evening Standard · Aug 21

Ministers should prioritise cheap power not net zero, Tories to say in speech

The shadow energy secretary will insist the UK ‘should focus all our attention on making electricity cheap’.

Evening Standard · Aug 18

Tories accused of ‘living in fantasy land’ as party lays out plans to ditch net zero

Green campaigners branded the Conservative’s plan to ditch net zero as a proposal that ‘flies in the face of all the real-world evidence’

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Voices: Calm down, homeowners – Rachel Reeves’ property tax might be an improvement

COMMENT: The chancellor’s idea to replace stamp duty and council tax with a single charge on homes worth upwards of £500,000 could be more appealing – and more progressive – than the current mess, says Chris Blackhurst

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

How could Labour shake up the property tax system in the Budget?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking at reforms designed to target wealthier individuals

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Reeves considers replacing stamp duty with new property tax

Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council tax

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025

UK towns that saw rioting last summer have ‘torn social fabric’, report claims

Majority of areas where violence broke out have below-median scores on index of community cohesion and resilience

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Former Sunak adviser urges Labour to introduce wealth tax on housing

The economist behind the Covid furlough scheme has called for ‘unfair’ council tax and stamp duty to be axed in England

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Rightwing thinktank joins calls to scrap two-child benefit limit

Exclusive: Onward said cap has resulted in increased child poverty, adding to pressure on government to rethink its stance

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024

Tories must resist false choice of wooing either Reform or Lib Dem defectors, says thinktank

Ex-supporters have more in common, including doubts about Starmer and concerns on immigration, Onward says

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024