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Hygiene poverty is the hidden cost-of-living trap. Why we must remove VAT on essentials to address it
a person spraying a creme on to their hands
Michael Gidney

Hygiene poverty is the hidden cost-of-living trap. Why we must remove VAT on essentials to address it

Axing shelf life regulations to limit waste and slashing VAT on essential hygiene products could give millions of people caught up in hygiene poverty ‘breathing space’, argues In Kind Direct’s Michael Gidney
What could be in chancellor John Healey's autumn budget and what could it mean for you?
Chancellor John Healey delivering a 'growth speech'. at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.
Politics

What could be in chancellor John Healey's autumn budget and what could it mean for you?

The UK's 'millionaire exodus' is a humongous myth. Here's why it keeps rearing its ugly head
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Wealth

The UK's 'millionaire exodus' is a humongous myth. Here's why it keeps rearing its ugly head

Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?
Your views

Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?

What a soup kitchen in London's financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London's financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rachel Reeves looks set to raise taxes in the autumn budget. What does it mean for you?
Rachel Reeves speaking at an early briefing on the autumn budget on 4 November
Autumn budget

Rachel Reeves looks set to raise taxes in the autumn budget. What does it mean for you?

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
Letters

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country

Should stamp duty be scrapped?
Kemi Badenoch
Stamp duty

Should stamp duty be scrapped?

There's a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will
Rows of houses in Sheffield
Vikki Brownridge

There's a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers
a row of UK houses
RENTING

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here's how it could help fix Britain
A Modest Proposal

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here's how it could help fix Britain

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Economics
Wealth Tax

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market

Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
Houses in Pembrokeshire
Community housing

Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say

Labour is 'missing a trick' by not taxing housing wealth, expert says
UK houses from above
Housing

Labour is 'missing a trick' by not taxing housing wealth, expert says

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
Stock image of a calculator with papers and a laptop
Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here's what you need to know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Bonds

Will bond market turmoil lead to spending cuts, higher taxes and austerity? Here's what you need to know

Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
a tractor in a field
Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives
rachel reeves preparing for autumn budget
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is
Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares for the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is

'We want a society that works for everyone': These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to extend rough sleeping funding to help homelessness services
Wealth tax

'We want a society that works for everyone': These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more