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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Peter Franklin: Yes, there is a moral case against taxing wealth

In a global economy, capital doesn't sit still. It moves to where it attracts the highest returns and/or is subject to the lowest taxes. No one with a good accountant is going to keep an asset in a country where the government simply confiscates 2 per cent of its value each and every year. The post Peter Franklin: Yes, there is a moral case against taxing wealth appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Aled Richards-Jones: Pedestrianisation and al-fresco hospitality: a breath of fresh air for our high streets

The high street is deeply embedded in British culture. Brits of all generations have felt a strong attachment to their row of local shops. The reverse holds today, with boarded-up shops often symbolising neglect, a lack of pride, and economic decline. The post Aled Richards-Jones: Pedestrianisation and al-fresco hospitality: a breath of fresh air for our high streets appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Burnham has a chance to overhaul Pip. Here's what a truly progressive system could look like | Frances Ryan

Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy “Broken Britain” has become the favourite narrative of the right in recent months. The playbook goes like this: politicians and pundits alike exploit genuine concerns about squeezed services and living standards to propagate a sense of division and despair. Meanwhile, the parts of the state that actually need radical change are then either ignored or misrepresented,

Economy
Sky News Politics13 Jul 2026

Let councils put tax up as much as they want, MPs tell Burnham

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes13 Jul 2026

EXC: Taxpayer Shells Out More Than £250,000 for Furniture & Fittings in Ministerial Flats

Guido revealed Rayner’s expensive bed replacement when she occupied the Admiralty House flats. Work went on since then and continued after she left… In one year the furniture and fitting work to ministerial residences in Admiralty House has gone over half a million pounds. Guido’s FOI Unit has obtained the item breakdown: Replacement of bed,…

Economy
The Guardian Politics13 Jul 2026

JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about contact with Jeffrey Epstein

Elizabeth Warren asks Jamie Dimon if he was advised to ‘mildly threaten’ UK chancellor over tax on bankers’ bonuses A leading Democratic senator has written to the boss of JP Morgan to request clarification on the bank’s contact with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the senate banking committee, wrote to Jamie Dimon last week to ask if he took advice from Epstein while lobbying against a UK tax on banker bonuses, in a letter published by the committee

EconomyDefence
Express Politics13 Jul 2026

Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham set to launch '£38bn' tax raid

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Express Politics12 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham just launched hard-left coup behind voters backs - he’ll crush UK tax by tax

I'm not sure Andy Burnham understands the forces he's unleashed. He won't be able to control them.

Economy
Express Politics11 Jul 2026

Rachel Reeves just got accused of a '£23bn overspend' that's left rival MPs raging

The money would have been close to what would be needed to boost defence investment to 3.5% of GDP.

PoliticsEconomyDefence
BBC Politics11 Jul 2026

Reeves tells BBC: Burnham needs worked-through plan to govern from the start

The Chancellor tells Laura Kuenssberg she will be handing over a stable economy to the incoming PM.

Economy
BBC Politics11 Jul 2026

Reeves tells BBC: Burnham needs worked-through plan to govern from the start

The Chancellor tells Laura Kuenssberg she will be handing over a stable economy to the incoming PM.

Economy
Express Politics11 Jul 2026

Britons braced for Andy Burnham tax bomb with higher borrowing and deeper debt

People across the country expect they amount they pay in tax to increase when Andy Burnham takes the reins of the Government

Economy