No more tinkering, chancellor – it’s time to rip up the entire tax system

Teona Gherasim

With the fiscal black hole only getting bigger, Rachel Reeves has been warned that her autumn Budget must contain more than ‘quick fixes’. But if she can’t raise income tax, how about doing something dramatic, and – while she’s at it – rethinking VAT, asks James Moore W ith a tax-raising Budget looming, every think tank and its aunts, uncles and cousins are busy sharing their fever dreams of what Rachel Reeves should and shouldn’t be doing . Chancellor , chancellor ! Listen to me… But if there’

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