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The Guardian Politics16 Mar 2026

Britons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard Tice

Reform UK’s deputy leader comments came as he was responding to questions raised about his own tax affairs All Britons should do their best to pay the minimum tax possible, Reform UK’s deputy leader has argued as he dismissed a newspaper investigation over his own tax affairs as a smear. Richard Tice, who was presenting a press conference on Monday about Reform’s claims to have saved large sums of money in the English councils it runs, faced questions about a Sunday Times story which detailed a

EconomyReform
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Britain’s Inheritance Tax ‘One of the Harshest in the World’

A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs has found the UK’s death tax rate is “far more punishing” than even the 40% headline figure appears. It is brutal for parents hoping to provide for their children… The British tax code offers no lower rate or exemption for assets passed on to children, unlike…

EconomyHousing
Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves urged to scrap major tax ‘far more punishing’ than it looks

The Chancellor has been urged to scrap the "punishing" levy if she's serious about "boosting growth and supporting families".

Economy
Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Family firms face huge costs under Labour's inheritance tax hike - there's only one winner

OPINION - NICK SHOWERING: The only winners will be overseas investors and hedge funds as family firms that have taken generations to build are broken up

Economy
Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves on brink as experts issue horror UK employment warning – '100,000 jobs lost'

Employers are grabbling with spiralling costs linked to tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East.

EconomyDefence
BBC Politics15 Mar 2026

Labour calls for tax investigation into Reform's Tice

It follows a newspaper report that Tice had avoided corporation tax worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

EconomyReform
BBC Politics15 Mar 2026

We will intervene on energy bills if necessary, says Miliband

Oil and gas prices have surged due to the US-Israel war in Iran, with fears over the cost of living.

EconomyDefence
BBC Politics15 Mar 2026

We will intervene on energy bills if necessary, says Miliband

Oil and gas prices have surged due to the US-Israel war in Iran, with fears over the cost of living.

EconomyDefence
The Guardian Politics15 Mar 2026

Labour has weapons in its arsenal to cushion the poorest from Iran war economic fallout | Heather Stewart

Timely end of two-child limit plus a healthy uptick in universal credit signals ‘lifechanging’ boost to Britons most exposed to ‘Trumpflation’ It doesn’t involve warships, drones or strategic oil stocks, but one of Labour’s most potent weapons for containing the economic aftershocks from the Iran war for the UK is about to be unleashed: the scrapping of the two-child limit. If the cost of essential goods spikes as a result of high oil prices it is the poorest households who will be the most expo

EconomyDefence
Express Politics15 Mar 2026

John Lewis titan's new project to stop Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves killing UK's economy

Sir Andy Street is in no doubt about what one thing Rachel Reeves should do to revive growth and rescue the UK from the horrors of youth unemployment.

Economy
Express Politics15 Mar 2026

Robert Jenrick reveals Reform's big new plan to get the UK economy firing again

Nigel Farage's shadow chancellor explains how he will end Britain's economic decline for good.

EconomyReform
Express Politics14 Mar 2026

Ed Miliband accused of squandering British 'treasure' and killing jobs in UK emergency

Labour is told the country faces an 'economic and security emergency' and is urged to go for 'maximum extraction' and save Aberdeen's North Sea industry

Economy