Tax and spending

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• Breaking the spell of the Tories’ fairytale economics

  21 Oct 2014: Letters: Labour should recognise that, whatever the problems besetting the UK, shortage of money is not one of them. What is needed is the clear political will to tax unearned wealth fairly

• Government borrowing: self-employed can’t ride to Osborne’s rescue

  21 Oct 2014: Phillip Inman: A bigger economy was supposed to mean profitable firms paying more tax. And more employment was supposed to push up income tax receipts

• Ed Balls seeks to reassure London homeowners over mansion tax plans

  20 Oct 2014: Shadow chancellor says £2m threshold could be raised if house prices continue going up and says less wealthy can delay paying

• SSE becomes first FTSE 100 company to be awarded Fair Tax Mark

  20 Oct 2014: The energy company has published retrospective accounts and pledges to stay away from tax havens

• Welfare spending cap plans hit by rising housing and incapacity benefit bills

  16 Oct 2014: OBR also warns public finances suffering despite the recovery as workers take low-paid jobs so pay correspondingly less tax

• Tory reform plans are ‘lethal cocktail’ that could break up UK - Gordon Brown

  14 Oct 2014: Former PM says devolving income tax to Scotland while bringing in English votes for English laws would be ‘lethal’ for constitution

• EDF nuclear deal is fair and balanced

  13 Oct 2014: Letter: Consumers will pay nothing until the Hinkley Point C power station is in operation, and EDF and its construction partners bear the risk of delivering the project on time and on budget

• Revenue & Customs set to miss target for prosecution of tax evaders

  13 Oct 2014: Tax authority set a target of 1,165 people a year by 2014/15, but analysis of the last tax year shows it prosecuted just 795

• The Guardian view on taxation: straight talk and half-truths

  12 Oct 2014: Editorial: Ukip might win kudos for candour, even as it promises dubious giveaways. The other parties don’t have the same luxury – and will only play into its hands if they imagine they do

• Battle with Brussels over newspaper VAT is a zero-sum game

  12 Oct 2014: Peter Preston: If the European commission succeeds in harmonising VAT rates at 5% UK newspapers will no longer be exempt, but news websites with paywalls will get relief

• Want to give some of your local taxes to charity? In Japan you can

  Guardian Professional, 10 Oct 2014: Citizens of Ichikawa have the right to allocate 1% of taxes to charities of their choice – and other cities have followed suit, says Rosario Laratta

• The Guardian view on Scotland’s budget: a moment of history

  9 Oct 2014: Editorial: John Swinney’s new taxes on property may feel like minor-key stuff. But devolving what is best taxed at local level blazes a trail for further devolution

• Nick Clegg: Lib Dems would raise capital gains tax for the wealthiest

  7 Oct 2014: Deputy PM says rise in CGT for higher earners would pay for increase in personal allowance to £11,000

• Time to scrap ‘broken system’ of business rates, bosses tell Lib Dems

  Sponsored feature, 7 Oct 2014: Small businesses condemn UK business rates system as ‘no longer fit for purpose’. Hamish Macdonell reports

• Labour’s poll rating hits four-year low as party grandees criticise Miliband

  7 Oct 2014: YouGov poll puts Labour on 33%, behind Tories at 35%, as Miliband struggles for political momentum after conference speech

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