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A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland on Friday.
What’s going on with Rachel Reeves and rumblings about a wealth tax in the autumn? It’s been on the agenda for weeks now, as ...
Ian Murray rejected calls for a wealth tax, saying the only solution to the UK’s economic issues was to grow the economy.
Labour’s pledge not to raise taxes on ‘working people’ leaves the chancellor with a limited number of workable options to ...
COMMENT: Taxing unearned income is no way for the chancellor to plug her £41bn spending black hole – the better-off are best ...
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves faced fresh calls for a wealth tax after a major think tank said that she will likely have to raise ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been urged by a group of economists including Thomas Piketty to implement a wealth tax they ...
The Scottish Secretary said a tax on the highest income earners would lead to ‘flight’ of wealthier people abroad.
Anneliese Dodds argued it is ‘important’ for the Government to consider evidence set out by the Wealth Tax Commission.
Dame Diana Johnson suggested the government was considering a wealth tax despite the business secretary ruling it out days earlier ...
Anneliese Dodds, who quit as international development minister in February, also says Angela Rayner's leaked tax proposals ...
‘Wealth tax’ (just like ‘working people’) is a politically loaded term that is difficult to pin down. The UK already has a lot of wealth - related taxes. Inheritance tax hits transfers of wealth, ...