Let’s be honest, there’s no such thing as a ‘fully costed’ manifesto June 13, 2024 All parties are putting forward nice-sounding policies and promising that they’ll be paid for by someone else, says Matthew Lesh “Our plans are fully funded and fully costed,” proudly declares every party leader when presenting their election manifestos. It’s not difficult to understand why this is so important. Politicians are trying to run a gigantic [...]
Child benefit changes just move distortions higher up the income scale June 12, 2024 Tory plans to change the threshold at which a household loses child benefit won’t fix the fact that some two-child families face a marginal tax rate of 73 per cent, say Ash Majithia and Tim Sexton It’s been framed as a hand-out for the wealthy, including executives in Canada. But the real [...]
Neither party is being honest about tax rises June 12, 2024 Promises not to raise headline rates are designed to distract from the fact inflation is dragging millions of people into paying more. But history tells us that candour never pays on the campaign trail, says Will Cooling You may not know it from the campaign, but if there is one thing that everyone agrees on, [...]
Election 2024: Houses, ULEZ and tax – what we learned from the Tory manifesto June 11, 2024 With just over three weeks to go ahead of polling day, here are the top five things we learned from Rishi Sunak at the Conservatives’ manifesto launch.
Election 2024: Lib Dems would seek to rejoin EU single market June 10, 2024 The Liberal Democrats would seek to rejoin the EU’s single market, they revealed at their manifesto launch today.
Election 2024: Labour, Tories and Lib Dems to launch manifestos this week June 9, 2024 Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are all set to launch their general election manifestos this week.
Abrdn chairman adds to growing calls to axe the share tax June 9, 2024 The chairman of Abrdn has said that scrapping the tax on share purchases would lift the economy and boost investment in UK firms, adding to the growing calls to abolish the 0.5 per cent levy.
Election 2024: Labour to rule out tax rises in ‘iron-clad’ manifesto pledge June 9, 2024 Labour’s manifesto will contain an “iron-clad commitment” to rule out increases to national insurance, income tax or VAT, Rachel Reeves has revealed.
UK households in line for extra £800 annual bill due to planned tax rises June 8, 2024 The biggest single tax rise is the continuation of the frozen thresholds on income tax and National Insurance.
Election 2024: Five key moments from tonight’s BBC debate June 7, 2024 As seven party leading figures slugged it out in a 90-minute BBC debate, moderated by Mishal Hushain, we’ve rounded up the key moments.