Making sense of the nonsense

Survation polling finds 59% of Britons back a 2% wealth tax on fortunes over £10m, while 63% say the wealthiest don't pay their fair share. Over to you, Andy.

Peoplenomics: price control, rooftop solar and tax reform put money in people's pockets – and could double UK growth. A new orthodoxy for Burnham's Labour.

The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.

Lord Sikka sets out how PM Andy Burnham can raise billions within Labour's fiscal rules – from ending bank subsidies to taxing capital gains like wages.

The UK tax gap is projected to hit £59.2bn in 2024/25, almost double what it was seven years ago. Every 1% costs nearly £10bn – and the gap is still widening.

A wealth tax and capital gains reform could raise £36bn. With 50 UK families owning as much as half the country, the Chancellor must be bold this Budget.

A 2% wealth tax on fortunes over £10m could raise £24bn a year for UK public services and climate action – and 76% of Britons back it. Here's why it's fair.

Britain paid £43bn extra for energy in 2023 because gas sets the price. Wholesale price control, a North Sea deal and breaking the link could slash UK bills.

UK energy bills are at the mercy of casino capitalism. Control wholesale prices, extend it to North Sea oil and gas and break the gas link – that's how we win.

Putting solar on 1.8m UK social homes would save households £618 a year, add £5.1bn to the economy and support 7,600 jobs a year, new CEBR modelling shows.

Neighbours on one Sheffield street clubbed together to bulk-buy solar panels, cutting costs by over 40%. Now their summer bills go negative. Here's how.

Just 7.7% of council homes in England, Scotland and Wales have solar panels, our investigation finds. At this rate, catching up will take nearly 80 years.

Housing associations sold 5,250 homes in 2024-25 as 1.3m households sat on waiting lists. Councils want first refusal to buy them back before they're lost.

Mortlake's Stag Brewery site has permission for 1,000+ homes, yet it's been 'mothballed'. As UK housebuilding hits a 10-year low, why are we still waiting?

Reform UK's £72m from crypto billionaires has Labour MPs demanding a cap on political donations. Dale Vince says £50m a year could clean up British politics.

Firms donating to UK parties got £1,294 in public contracts for every £1 given. It's time to ban private political donations - here's how we pay for democracy.