In the recent budget, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced a £40 billion tax increase, pushing tax as a share of national income to an all time UK high.
Just 6% of that came from an increase in inheritance tax, and just a small fraction of that will come from farmers. And yet it is the tax...
Published 11/15/24
At the end of October, the ONS announced that the fertility rate in England and Wales had fallen to 1.44 births per woman in 2023 - the lowest figure since records began in 1938.
What will this mean for the population make-up of the country? What other big demographic shifts are occurring? Why...
Published 11/08/24