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Keir Starmer will now be appealing to voters on the basis it can run the status quo better than the Tories

Low capital gains rate and US location of funds mean tax bill of £508,000 much less than under top income rate of 45%

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism for a remark about transgender people, causing controversy and calls for an apology.

It costs money, jobs and drives foreign visitors away from London: apart from that, the tourist tax is a fine piece of Treasury policy. So it is with great relief that retail, hospitality and leisure businesses across the capital have greeted reports that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has ordered a…

City Comment: The OBR might offer the Chancellor a way to present his U-turn as in the interests of UK plc as a whole, not just London

Jeremy Hunt was urged on Monday to scrap the “tourist tax” within weeks and give London a significant economic boost.

Four years after leaving, and with more self-harm in prospect, austerity is eating away at Britain. Where is the indignation?

Why is £28bn of green spending endlessly scrutinised while the Conservatives get a free pass on their new round of painful austerity, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee