Ex-FM Calls for Wealth Tax and Scrapping of Two-Child Benefit Cap

Is it time for a wealth tax on the super-rich? – podcast

After changes to the welfare reform bill failed to save money, the millionaire Dale Vince thinks it’s time for people like him to contribute more to the public finances. Arun Advani explains how a wealth tax could work and if it’s time for Labour to introduce oneAfter cuts in Labour’s proposed welfare reform bill caused uproar, many of the party’s supporters insist it’s time for a different approach. Rather than cutting the benefits bill or publ…

Ex-FM calls for wealth tax and scrapping of two-child benefit cap

Mark Drakeford calls for a tax to deal with the gap between rich and poor.

Minister refuses to rule out wealth tax

Labour’s Transport Secretary Hedi Alexander has refused to rule out a wealth tax when pressed on whether it is being considered. “We've always been clear as a government that those with the broadest shoulders should carry the greatest burden,” the minister told Sky News on Tuesday morning (8 July). Ms Alexander added that scrapping the non-dom tax status is one example of measures taken to tax the most well-off, along with imposing VAT on privat…

Chancellor to look at tax 'very carefully' - as No 10 and Treasury refuse to rule out taxing Britain’s richest people

Lord Kinnock's son has told LBC that the Chancellor will look at a wealth tax "very carefully" ahead of the budget.

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock calls for wealth tax to help ailing government finances

The chancellor is rapidly losing her £9.9bn fiscal headroom thanks to multiple U-turns on policies that were meant to save money.

The wealth tax debate sent this fabulous Stewart Lee routine wildly viral and it's hilariously on-point

Keir Starmer is said to be considering some sort of wealth tax to tackle the growing equality gap between rich and poor, although we’ll believe it when we see it. The suggestion has prompted a rush of people warning that it would be a disaster for the economy, mostly from people who would have to […] The post The wealth tax debate sent this fabulous Stewart Lee routine wildly viral and it’s hilariously on-point appeared first on The Poke.