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The Treasury is reportedly mulling plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000

Conservative critics say the two-child cap is essential to preventing families on benefits from receiving packages worth more than the minimum wage

RACHEL Reeves failed to raise Grangemouth oil refinery days before it was set to close in a meeting with owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, it has been…

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

Amid party divisions and issues with data, pulling existing tax levers could be a more politically palatable option

Leafing through the programme at the theatre on Saturday night, the eyes were drawn as they usually are, to the section at the back where they list the benefactors. As ever, it was a question of seeing how many of them were familiar. But on this occasion, there was an…

Rachel Reeves is under pressure to consider a new levy to help balance the books. We look at her options

Amid calls for Rachel Reeves to bring in a new levy for the super-rich, Madrid offers lessons for policymakers

Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn’t enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country’s public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn – and there are no shortage…