It has been widely suggested that, in tackling a global climate emergency, nations should effectively be on a war footing. With the concept of a climate emergency gaining more and more acceptance, we thought it would be interesting to look back to the UK War Budget introduced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon on 27 September 1939.

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We keep a close eye on new tax proposals put forward by the political parties to make sure that they are clear, sensible, workable, fair and transparent. In this blog, we look at two more tax proposals being considered by the Labour Party and we dissect the tax ideas of two surviving candidates for the role of leader of the Conservative party. The results are not flattering.

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Changes in tax legislation usually take time but an announcement last week that VAT law applying to renewable energy certificates was changing overnight took many by surprise. With the latest tax gap figures due later this week, is this a sign that HMRC is getting smarter at tackling VAT fraud?

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