Inheritance tax

Keir Starmer has doubled down on his inheritance tax shake-up for farmers - saying the "vast majority" will be unaffected.He said in most cases the changes will not kick in unless the land being handed down is worth £3million. It comes as…

Kemi Badenoch’s campaign website has been blocked by the UK’s cyber police because it may be “associated with malicious activity.” The Tories set up a website complaining about the Labour government’s plan to close inheritance tax…

Keir Starmer mocked the new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in their first head-to-head at PMQs. Fresh from celebrating her victory in the bitter contest to replace Rishi Sunak, Ms Badenoch appeared to read from her pre-prepared lines as she…

Rachel Reeves turned on the spending taps with a £70billion-a-year cash injection for schools, hospitals, transport and housing. In a blockbuster Budget, the first ever female Chancellor set out plans to shore up crumbling public services…

Rachel Reeves will promise more "pounds in pockets" as she vows to use her first Budget to "rebuild Britain" from the mess left behind by the Tories.The Chancellor will spell out her plans to fix the NHS and protect working people from…

Rachel Reeves will deliver the first Labour Budget in nearly 15 years within a matter of hours.The Chancellor vowed to "fix the foundations" after the Tories left public finances in disarray. It is a critical moment for the new Government…

A few days ahead of what will be the most competent and honest Budget anyone's bothered to write for 14 years, our silliest millionaires are in open revolt.Although the Tories drove the tax burden to a record high, cost business billions…

If Labour can improve living standards, revive key services and get the economy motoring again, then bullish Rachel Reeves’ first tax-raising Budget will be a distant, irrelevant memory for voters.The Chancellor of the Exchequer, a former…

Rachel Reeves is considering extending the freeze on income tax thresholds which could push more people into paying higher rates.The Chancellor is reportedly preparing to prolong the freeze beyond the planned end date of 2028 as she battles…

Listening to the screams of horror coming from the Tories you’d think Rachel Reeves’ plan to fill the £22 billion black hole they left behind was a sort of Taxes Chainsaw Massacre.The Conservatives fear Reeves will take so much money from…