Britain’s Most Unpopular Chancellor in Decades Faces Another Big Test

Rachel Reeves, who has had a bruising tenure as the country’s top economic official, is set to announce tax and spending measures that risk stoking more discontent.

Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ could be Labour’s poll tax moment

Property prices are a national obsession. When we are not congratulating each other on the theoretical profits our homes have ...

Tinkering with council tax at one end and leaving the other alone would be political suicide for Labour - Jayne Dowle

This time next week, we’ll know what Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided to do about council tax, if anything. Amidst all ...

Keir Starmer reads riot act to Cabinet over infighting and Budget leaks ‘distractions’

SIR Keir Starmer has laid down the law to his Cabinet amid weeks of Budget leaks and brutal infighting. The Prime Minister’s ...
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Cherriots considers payroll tax on employers without asking voters

Cherriots proposes a 0.7% payroll tax on Salem-area employers to fund service expansion. The tax, if approved, would generate an estimated $39.4 million annually starting January 1, 2026. Local ...

Why Republicans not extending Obamacare tax credits helps Democrats in the long run

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia tells Eric Garcia that House Speaker Mike Johnson cannot renew ACA credits ‘without having ...

BBC licence fee ‘under review’ & faces ‘fundamental overhaul’ after Trump row – as Farage says TV tax ‘cannot survive’

THE BBC is bracing for a major battle over the licence fee as it faces a growing row over impartiality and a $1billion legal threat from Donald Trump. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will launch the ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgians in both parties prefer property tax relief to scrapping income tax

Most Georgia Republicans favor repealing the state’s income tax. Most Democrats oppose the move. But a majority of both groups would pick local property tax relief over eliminating the income tax if ...
City & State New York

New poll shows that taxing the rich is very popular

As a mayoral race that has had taxing the rich front and center winds down, a new poll found that raising taxes on the wealthy remains a broadly popular policy position not just in New York City, but ...
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Cooper praises bravery of LNER staff after train attack

Cooper praises ‘incredible bravery’ of LNER staff after train attack Teacher shot in chest by her six-year-old student awarded $10M by jury Reeves’s pay-per-mile tax ‘risks becoming poll tax on wheels ...
Police Professional

New deputy named at Avon and Somerset

Avon and Somerset Constabulary has appointed a permanent deputy chief constable as its temporary chief constable announces his retirement. John Long, who was the force s deputy chief constable before ...
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Europe's Largest Wasp – The Megascolia in the Wild

Discover Europe's largest wasp, the megascolia, in its natural habitat. BT cuts another 5,000 jobs as broadband customers leave Reeves’s pay-per-mile tax ‘risks becoming poll tax on wheels’ ‘Cut ...