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Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up

For a long time British voters have felt as though inequality is too high, but rightwingers have had a standard reply to the general public: you’re wrong. In fact, it was the figures that were wrong and peoples’ instincts that were right, writes Grace Blakeley.

Opinion: Between Cutting the Deficit and Protecting Their Voter Base, the Tories Are Caught in a Bind

This week the Telegraph reported that the Tories are considering a post-coronavirus austerity package of tax increases and spending reductions. But cutting the deficit while protecting their voter base is going to be a real challenge for them, argues Grace Blakeley.

Billionaires Can’t Sit Out the Coronavirus

BIllionaire David Geffen recently posted a picture about his ‘self-isolation’ on board his $590 million boat. But whatever they might think, the ultra rich can’t detach themselves from the Coronavirus pandemic – nor its political consequences.

Opinion: Taxing Times: With the Economy Unravelling, We Need a Budget for the Green New Deal

Released amid a collapsing stock market and plunging oil prices, Wednesday's budget is unlikely to meet the challenges ahead, particularly on the climate, write Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett. A systems crisis demands a systems response, and overhauling the design of the tax system is central to this.

GE2019: Why Labour’s Tax Plans Will Be a Sharp Shock for Corporate Tax Avoiders

It sounds so commonsense you could be forgiven for overlooking it - but Labour's plan to make corporations pay tax where they do business could finally bring about some tax justice in the UK, argues Iwan Doherty.

GE2019: ‘But how is Labour going to pay for that?’ To Answer Effectively We Must Talk Politics, Not Economics

How should we answer the question that haunts the Labour party? Politically, on our own terms and by rooting it in peoples’ lived experience, argues economist Grace Blakeley.

Billionaires Control the Media

Billionaires control the media, and it’s undermining our democracy. The broadcast media amplify the right-wing print media meaning the political agenda is always set by, you guessed it, billionaires.

Why Is It so Expensive to Be Poor?

Utilities, tax, rent and work – charging people for poverty is an industry worth billions.

Little Evidence Corporation Tax Scares Off Multinationals, Says Report

A new report from IPPR exposes the myth that corporation tax hikes lead to big businesses relocating. Instead, the report argues, new measures - and higher taxes - are necessary to bring in the tax the public is owed.

We Don’t Need a Low Tax Economy for the Rich

Today Labour’s draft election manifesto was leaked. Many policies in it, from eliminating tuition fees to building new social housing, will be paid through increasing tax on high income earners and the profits of large corporations. Higher tax in these areas wouldn’t make Britain the exception, it would make it normal.

Between the Lines: Gary Barlow’s Tax Avoidance Plot In His Own Words

Gary Barlow, reinvented has-been, was recently rumbled for avoiding millions in unpaid tax. Cue a Twitter 'backlash' and pointed fingers. When this happened to Jimmy Carr for the comparatively paltry sum of half a million, he was made an example of by the PM. This time Cameron has advised that no action be taken. Unrelatedly, Barlow is a Conservative party donor. As a 'national treasure' gets dragged to the stocks, we take a look at the clues Barlow's been laying out for us all along.