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Official Houses of Parliament portrait of Shabana Mahmood MP, tipped as chancellor after the Burnham wealth tax retreat, smiling against a grey background.

Burnham shields 22,000 richest, workers pay defence bill

Andy Burnham has parked a wealth tax before naming his cabinet, leaving a £4.7bn defence bill and strained public…

Official cabinet portrait of Rachel Reeves, whose threshold freeze fuels the wealth tax middle class debate, standing in front of a Union Jack flag.

Fiscal drag taxes 920,000 workers

Nearly a million workers were dragged into higher tax bands this year while ministers still refuse to touch untaxed…