Everything government, Parliament, the statistical agencies and the major policy institutes published — read, summarised and ranked so you can skim the day in a minute.
Explains how the UK’s ‘tax burden’ is measured and tracks changes over time, focusing on how much tax is paid on workers’ earnings and how the UK compares historically and with other countries ahead of the Budget.
Full Fact examines Nigel Farage’s claim that tax threshold freezes and the state pension triple lock have “dragged about nine million pensioners into taxation”, assessing whether that figure and causal link are accurate.