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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Labour not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits, minister says after WhatsApp messages revealed theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #Welfare #PeterMandelson #NickThomassymonds #PatMcfadden #Labour #Politics #UkNews #Unemployment #TaxAndSpending

Labour not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits, minister says after WhatsApp messages revealed

Nick Thomas-Symonds says messages between Pat McFadden and Peter Mandelson are ‘embarrassing’

^{Jessica Elgot (the Guardian)}

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Environment | The Guardian US

2 months ago

Environment | The Guardian US
2 months ago

Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Inflation #Farming #UkNews #Food #Business #TaxAndSpending #CarbonTax #Environment #Politics #StraitOfHormuz #UkCostOfLivingCrisis

Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation

Ministers in talks with farmers about package of measures, including pause on duty due to come into effect next year

^{Helena Horton (the Guardian)}

#uknews #environment #business #politics #farming #food #inflation #straitofhormuz #ukcostoflivingcrisis #taxandspending #carbontax

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Environment | The Guardian US

2 months ago

Environment | The Guardian US
2 months ago

Treasury rejected ministers’ plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5% theguardian.com/environment/20… #ElectricHybridAndLowemissionCars #Environment #Motoring #Technology #Motoring #Money #AutomotiveIndustry #Business #UkNews #TaxAndSpending

Treasury rejected ministers’ plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5%

Department for Transport is understood to back reducing levy, which critics have called a ‘pavement tax’

^{Jasper Jolly (the Guardian)}

#uknews #environment #business #automotiveindustry #technology #money #electrichybridandlowemissioncars #motoring #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Reeves’s tax cut on children’s meals a political ‘soundbite’, say restaurateurs theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #Children #Poverty #RachelReeves #Labour #UkNews #Restaurants #HospitalityIndustry #Business #Food #Politics #SocialExclusion #Society

Reeves’s tax cut on children’s meals a political ‘soundbite’, say restaurateurs

Chancellor’s measure to help families save money during summer holidays ‘won’t make any difference’

^{Helena Horton (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #business #politics #children #labour #food #poverty #hospitalityindustry #rachelreeves #taxandspending #socialexclusion #restaurants

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Anthony Albanese visibly emotional after defending Labor’s capital gains tax and negative gearing changes theguardian.com/australia-news… #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #Tax #TaxAndSpending

Anthony Albanese visibly emotional after defending Labor’s capital gains tax and negative gearing changes

Prime minister launches impassioned argument in favour of much-maligned reforms announced in last week’s federal budget

^{Benita Kolovos (the Guardian)}

#australianpolitics #australianews #anthonyalbanese #tax #jimchalmers #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK borrowed bigger than forecast £24.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill theguardian.com/business/2026/… #GovernmentBorrowing #TaxAndSpending #Business #Economics #RachelReeves #Inflation #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #OfficeForNationalStatistics #OfficeForBudgetResponsibility #Bonds #Gilts

UK borrowed bigger than forecast £24.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill

Figure comes amid rising cost of pensions as bond market jitters take monthly debt interest to £10.3bn

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #usisraelwaroniran #economics #governmentborrowing #bonds #inflation #rachelreeves #gilts #taxandspending #officefornationalstatistics #officeforbudgetresponsibility

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Ditched government projects lost taxpayer £6.6bn last year, watchdog says theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #Politics #UkNews #Labour #Conservatives #Business

Ditched government projects lost taxpayer £6.6bn last year, watchdog says

Spending committee finds MoD most wasteful and also points to cancelled schemes such as Rwanda and Stonehenge

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #labour #conservatives #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #RachelReeves #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Children #TravelLeisure #HouseholdBills #Oil #FuelDuty #PetrolPrices #Business #Politics #EconomicPolicy #ThemeParks #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Tax #UkNews

Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support

Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil giants to help meet costs of plans and confirms freeze on fuel duty increases

^{Heather Stewart (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #business #consumeraffairs #politics #children #oil #fuelduty #economicpolicy #money #householdbills #rachelreeves #tax #ukcostoflivingcrisis #travelleisure #taxandspending #themeparks

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #Politics #WesStreeting #UkNews #Labour #LabourPartyLeadership #EconomicPolicy

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’

^{Alexandra Topping (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #labour #economicpolicy #wesstreeting #taxandspending #labourpartyleadership

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #FuelDuty #PetrolPrices #Politics #TaxAndSpending #UkNews #KeirStarmer #Pmqs #KemiBadenoch #RachelReeves #Motoring #RoadTransport #Tax #Money

Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

PM tells Commons extending the temporary 5p cut is a necessary response to cost-of-living pressures

^{Peter Walker (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #politics #keirstarmer #fuelduty #money #motoring #kemibadenoch #rachelreeves #tax #roadtransport #taxandspending #pmqs

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’ theguardian.com/business/2026/… #SizewellC #Business #NuclearPower #EnergyIndustry #EnergyBills #Energy #EnergyEfficiency #Infrastructure #Regulators #TaxAndSpending #Environment #HouseholdBills #Money #Politics #ConsumerAffairs #UkNews

Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’

National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’

^{Jillian Ambrose (the Guardian)}

#uknews #environment #business #consumeraffairs #regulators #politics #money #householdbills #energy #energyindustry #energyefficiency #energybills #taxandspending #infrastructure #nuclearpower #sizewellc

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #FuelDuty #TaxAndSpending #EconomicPolicy #RachelReeves #Labour #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PetrolPrices #Motoring #Politics #Business #Money #UkNews

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year

^{Kiran Stacey (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #business #politics #labour #fuelduty #economicpolicy #money #motoring #rachelreeves #ukcostoflivingcrisis #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves says ‘if economy ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ - as fight to keep her job goes on theguardian.com/business/2026/… #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Economics #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #GovernmentBorrowing #Politics #Business #Bonds #UkNews #Gilts #Labour #KeirStarmer #ResolutionFoundation #TaxAndSpending #GlobalEconomy #EnergyBills #PetrolPrices #HouseholdBills #Money #Motoring #ConsumerAffairs #ConsumerSpending

Reeves says ‘if economy ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ - as fight to keep her job goes on

Whoever wins the Labour leadership tussle, the chancellor’s prospects for staying inpost have risen given the surprise GDP boost

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

What was HMRC’s investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs all about? theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #AngelaRayner #Hmrc #LabourPartyLeadership #Politics #Labour #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #KeirStarmer #StampDuty

What was HMRC’s investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs all about?

Findings of inquiry into stamp duty paid on Hove flat crucial to any leadership bid

^{Heather Stewart (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #keirstarmer #labour #taxandspending #angelarayner #labourpartyleadership #hmrc #stampduty

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again theguardian.com/business/2026/… #GovernmentBorrowing #BudgetDeficit #Gilts #Bonds #EconomicPolicy #EconomicGrowthGdp #Economics #Politics #Business #UkNews #LizTruss #KeirStarmer #Labour #FinancialSector #Banking #TaxAndSpending #PublicFinance #BankOfEngland #RachelR...

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

As Keir Starmer’s leadership totters, investors warn a Labour leadership contest ignoring public finances and market realpolitik could be disastrous

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #keirstarmer #labour #banking #economics #governmentborrowing #bonds #budgetdeficit #economicpolicy #financialsector #liztruss #gilts #bankofengland #taxandspending #economicgrowthgdp #publicfinance #rachelr

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds theguardian.com/news/2026/may/… #TheSuperrich #TaxAndSpending #Economics #Business #UkNews

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public services

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #economics #thesuperrich #taxandspending

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US news | The Guardian

3 months ago

US news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Democrats are playing with fire in trying to reclaim tax cuts from Republicans theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Business #UsEconomy #Economics #Democrats #UsNews #WorldNews #Sweden #Republicans #TaxAndSpending #UsPolitics #DonaldTrump

Democrats are playing with fire in trying to reclaim tax cuts from Republicans

Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democratic lawmakers are embracing a policy that hardly benefits the middle class

^{Eduardo Porter (the Guardian)}

#worldnews #business #uspolitics #usnews #donaldtrump #useconomy #economics #republicans #democrats #sweden #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Banking #Tuc #TaxAndSpending #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #FinancialSector #Business #Politics #UkNews #Money #TradeUnions #ExecutivePayAndBonuses

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges

Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter

^{Mark Sweney (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #banking #banksandbuildingsocieties #money #financialsector #tradeunions #tuc #executivepayandbonuses #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock theguardian.com/money/2026/may… #StatePensions #TonyBlair #Economics #Inflation #TaxAndSpending #Pensions #Business #Politics #Money #UkNews

Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock

State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government finances

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #economics #inflation #tonyblair #money #statepensions #taxandspending #pensions

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK firms in ‘critical financial stress’ jump by a third as costs rise, report finds theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Business #HospitalityIndustry #TravelLeisure #Economics #UkNews #TaxAndSpending

UK firms in ‘critical financial stress’ jump by a third as costs rise, report finds

Insolvency firm points to tax rises, staff costs and shaky consumer confidence after number increases to 62,193

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #economics #hospitalityindustry #travelleisure #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Economics #RachelReeves #HouseOfLords #Business #EconomicPolicy #UkNews #TaxAndSpending #Politics

Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers

Peers say chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvre

^{Heather Stewart (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #economics #economicpolicy #rachelreeves #taxandspending #houseoflords

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Technology | The Guardian US

3 months ago

Technology | The Guardian US
3 months ago

California billionaire tax proposal garners enough signatures to head to ballot theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a… #California #UsNews #WestCoast #SiliconValley #TaxAndSpending #GavinNewsom #UsPolitics

California billionaire tax proposal garners enough signatures to head to ballot

Proposal for a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in the state is opposed by Silicon Valley tech titans and Gavin Newsom

^{Guardian staff reporter (the Guardian)}

#uspolitics #usnews #california #westcoast #siliconvalley #gavinnewsom #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a… #BibbyStockholm #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #TaxAndSpending #Politics #TravelLeisure #Business #Business #HomeOffice

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the money

^{Lauren Almeida (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #immigrationandasylum #homeoffice #travelleisure #taxandspending #bibbystockholm

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m theguardian.com/business/2026/… #GovernmentBorrowing #RachelReeves #Business #Economics #OfficeForNationalStatistics #TaxAndSpending #EconomicPolicy #Politics #UkNews

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #economics #governmentborrowing #economicpolicy #rachelreeves #taxandspending #officefornationalstatistics

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #Business #Oecd #KeirStarmer #EconomicPolicy #RachelReeves #Labour #Politics #UkNews

Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD

Survey by global economic forum shows ‘tax wedge’ in Britain increased to 32.4% of income in 2025

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #politics #keirstarmer #labour #economicpolicy #rachelreeves #taxandspending #oecd

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US news | The Guardian

4 months ago

US news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had previously lobbied for the president, setting off controversy theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a… #DonaldTrump #TaxAndSpending #TrumpAdministration #Mcdonalds #FastFood #UsPolitics #UsNews

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had previously lobbied for the president, setting off controversy

Sharon Simmons, photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday, lobbied for the ‘no tax on tips’ policy in 2025

^{Michael Sainato (the Guardian)}

#uspolitics #usnews #trumpadministration #donaldtrump #fastfood #taxandspending #mcdonalds

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
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How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #DefencePolicy #Military #RoyalNavy #BritishArmy #TaxAndSpending #Politics #UkNews

How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence

With the army’s size halved since the cold war, UK ambitions to be globally deployable do not match the reality, experts say

^{Ben Quinn (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #defencepolicy #royalnavy #military #taxandspending #britisharmy

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Starbucks #UkNews #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #TaxAndSpending #RetailIndustry

Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase

Credit can be used to offset future bills as full-year losses at UK division widen to £41.3m and it adds 92 stores

^{Sarah Butler (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #fooddrinkindustry #retailindustry #taxandspending #starbucks

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
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New UK farm inheritance tax rule will cause ‘significant challenges’, say accountants theguardian.com/money/2026/apr… #InheritanceTax #TaxAndSpending #Tax #Farming #Money #Politics #UkNews

New UK farm inheritance tax rule will cause ‘significant challenges’, say accountants

Levy on inherited farms and family businesses worth £2.5m or more comes into force 6 April

^{Rupert Jones (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #farming #money #tax #inheritancetax #taxandspending

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