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The Guardian view on Sunak’s spending pledges: a Potemkin village of pretend policy | Editorial

According to the myth, Catherine II’s courtier Grigory Potemkin recruited peasants to populate fake villages erected along the Dnipro River,…

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UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says | Defence policy

Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade as Rishi Sunak…

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Politics

Hunt reportedly mulling stamp duty and NI cuts in effort to woo voters | Tax and spending

Jeremy Hunt is reportedly considering stamp duty and national insurance cuts before the next general election. The chancellor has previously…

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Money

3 Reasons High Interest Rates Haven’t Stopped People From Spending

Key Takeaways Inflation’s downward trajectory has stalled and economists think they know a few reasons why the high interest rates…

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Politics

‘Petrified’ non-doms poised to flee UK over Labour’s tax plans, say experts | Tax and spending

“People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg, an accountancy…

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Politics

Spending foreign aid budget on refugees in UK is ‘wreaking havoc’, says watchdog | Aid

The UK government’s decision to use the overseas aid budget to pay for supporting refugees in Britain is “wreaking havoc”…

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Politics

Sunak criticises Nato defence spending and doubles down on UK arm exports to Israel – UK politics live | Politics

Sunak doubles down on no change to status of UK arms exports to Israel Rishi Sunak has doubled down on…

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Politics

Labour creates tax panel to help it clamp down on avoiders | Tax and spending

Labour has appointed an expert panel to advise the party on ways to tackle tax avoidance following its plan to…

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Politics

Rachel Reeves: Labour’s spending plans will make ‘massive difference’ to people’s lives – UK politics live | Politics

Key events Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also repeatedly attacked Conservative plans over non-dom tax status. Having defended the status against…

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Politics

Labour to launch £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close gap in spending plans | Tax avoidance

Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap…

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