Capital gains tax: What is it and how could Labour use it to raise funds without driving rich tax payers abroad?
Whoever wins the next general election will face extremely tough choices on taxation and spending.
Whoever wins the next general election will face extremely tough choices on taxation and spending.
British politics has hardly covered itself in glory in recent years. After the shame of the Corbyn years was punctured by the glorious Tory victory of 2019, we were subjected to a veritable gallery of disgrace: soaring immigration, Covid authoritarianism, Partygate, the Truss-Kwarteng interregnum, Gaza fanaticism. But the true nadir was the election of George Galloway in Rochdale.
Eamonn Holmes made a savage dig at new prime minister Keir Starmer this morning as he announced the results of the General Election on GB News. The former This Morning star, 64, branded the Labour leader "deadly dull" as he fronted his Vo
The party has published what it plans to do in its manifesto, and it has a number of promises on the benefits system including Universal Credit and PIP
Rishi Sunak left the D-Day celebrations early, got caught in the rain and came under fire for some Treasury forecasts of tax rises. The Labour Party droned on about “change” while endlessly repeating some imaginary numbers about “investing” in the NHS and creating “green jobs”. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems sailed through the past six weeks with fun days out at CenterParcs.
Migrants in northern France celebrating Labour’s landslide victory have given Sir Keir Starmer a nickname and have vowed to cross the Channel at the “first chance” they get.
The 2024 US Presidential race intensifies. Speculation abounds over potential replacements for President Joe Biden amid increasing pressure from his party and the media to step aside after a jaw-dropping, catastrophic debate against Donald Trump last week. Among the names circulating, a game-changer is emerging: Michelle Obama. Could this be America’s worst nightmare?
As the defeated parties hold their inevitable election inquests, second only to the bloodletting in Tory circles will be that in the Scottish National Party. Reduced from a party whose proud boast was that it had never lost an election in almost two decades, its angry supporters are claiming that this defeat has all but killed off the cause closest to their hearts: independence for Scotland.
Labour looks set to receive a landslide majority in the 2024 general election.
When Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States in 2021, much was made of his wife Dr Jill Biden becoming the first First Lady ever to hold a salaried outside job.
Mr Galloway pledged to 'make Rochdale great again' - but then lost the constituency just months after he won it
The former culture secretary clashed with Alastair Campbell and presenter Emily Maitlis
Embarrassing moment followed crushing night for the ex-Tory leader
Jeremy Hunt has told his children “don’t be sad, this is the magic of democracy” after the Tories suffered a historic defeat at the general election.
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Labour could launch an inheritance tax raid on bereaved families, a leaked recording from a shadow frontbencher has suggested.
Is the PM expected to resign immediately if he loses his seat, and are there any circumstances in which he could remain in No 10?
If the polls are right and Labour gets to form the next government, it will shake up pensions, work and personal finance.
Well, Putin will be laughing. The Conservative Party – perhaps the most significant force for saving Ukraine in the early months of the war and beyond – is out of office.
“What can be, unburdened by what has been.” Nobody knows how to interpret that gnomic phrase. But that hasn’t stopped the Vice President of the most powerful country on Earth from adopting it as her mantra. Does it matter? Put it this way: with the United States poised to be unburdened by a certain octogenarian as he reels on his presidential perch, this is the person who may be getting her hands on the future of the world.
"They are going down and out tonight and I am so here for it.”