TRUST matters in politics,” Philip Hammond wrote on this very page in March 2017. The then Chancellor had just been forced into a humiliating U-turn after attempting a Budget raid on National

British finance minister Rachel Reeves faces a tough task to raise the tax revenues she needs to invest more in public services and new infrastructure in her Oct. 30 budget. With the tax burden at its highest since just after World War Two,

With chancellor planning tax shake-up in this month’s Budget, Foreign Investors for Britain is trying to affect debate

Rachel Reeves is expected to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds beyond 2028 in the upcoming Budget pushing thousands more Britons into higher tax brackets. This move could potentially raise £7bn annually for the Treasury.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been accused of preparing to break a manifesto pledge with reported plans that could see hundreds of thousands more people dragged into paying higher rates of tax.