~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (3)

Shadow chancellor also says it would cause a ‘tax bombshell aimed squarely at Britain’s pensioners’Reeves says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability will be change, she argues.I know – warm words are not enough. I do not underestimate the challenges we face. But I am so ambitious for our country. I know the huge potential found all across Britain and the constraints...

Prospect of party closing Tory ‘loopholes’ if elected prompts some wealthy individuals to explore a move overseas“People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg, an accountancy firm that specialises in advising very rich “non-doms” on their tax affairs. “I am not being dramatic, they are leaving right now.”Shah said his clients – some of...

Shadow chancellor to deliver prestigious Mais lecture and will announce plans to rewire the TreasuryTribune, the long-established paper (now a magazine and website) for the Labour left, is not impressed by Rachel Reeves’ suggestion that Margaret Thatcher delivered a decade of renewal.Rachel Reeves’ claim that Margaret Thatcher ‘delivered a decade of national renewal’ is the latest attempt to justify the suffering caused by her...