Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
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Publisher signals
66/100
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John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in next week’s budget, despite previous calls to do so from cabinet colleagues including Louise Haigh and Wes Streeting.
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Healey → raise → Haigh
The chancellor has decided that any increase might ultimately cost the Treasury if wealthy individuals defer the sale of assets or move them out of the country, according to Treasury sources.
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individuals → decide → sources
The tax is imposed on profits that individuals make when they sell assets that have increased in value, such as second homes or shares.
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that → impose → homes
The decision not to increase CGT, first reported by the FT and the Times, will mean the chancellor’s main revenue raiser is likely to be raising tax on banks’ profits.
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raiser → increase → profits
In a speech last month, Healey said he wanted to prioritise wealth creation without it being constantly subject to penalties.
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it → say → penalties
“I recognise that the cost of business – that’s energy bills, regulation burdens, planning constraints, labour costs – have grown since Covid.
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that → recognise → Covid
And I want to draw the line,” he said.
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he → want → line
“And whether it is the cost of business or the cost of living, the only way we deal with these in the long term is growth.
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we → deal → term
“I want to see this country as a country of wealth creation.
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I → want → creation
I want our government decisions and policies to raise the levels of confidence and investment and profit in British business.”
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decisions → want → business
In the race to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister, several senior Labour figures had suggested a route to equalising capital gains with income tax rates, including Haigh, now the now first secretary of state.
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figures → replace → state
Streeting, now the defence secretary, who considered running against Burnham to replace Starmer, had also suggested a rise, calling it a “wealth tax that works”.
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that → run → it
He said the current system meant a growing gap between earned income and unearned income.
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system → say → income
Instead, Healey is poised to tax Britain’s banks in his budget on 28 October, amid strong earnings on the back of rising interest rates, with the UK’s four largest lenders – HSBC, NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group – alone having generated £200bn in pre-tax profits over the past five years.
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lenders → poise → years
Healey is reported to be willing to accept a reduction in the fiscal headroom left by his predecessor, Rachel Reeves.
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Healey → report → predecessor
The UK’s cost of borrowing has risen sharply in recent weeks, alongside that of other big economies, which analysts have suggested could as much as halve the £24bn cushion Reeves had built up against Labour’s fiscal rules at the time of the last spring forecast.
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Reeves → rise → forecast
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, will give a speech on Tuesday saying the government should cut its spending plans instead of raising taxes, including cuts to welfare and the civil service.
“We have to stop borrowing so much.
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We → give → much
But instead of doing that, Labour are taking out loans to pay the interest on our loans,” she will say.
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she → do → loans
“Any family or business in that position would know they were sinking, that every attempt to borrow their way out was pulling them deeper.
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attempt → know → them
The right way is to bring spending down now.
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way → bring → spending
“Cuts are never easy, but they are much easier if what you are doing is based on fairness.
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doing → do → fairness
Fairness to taxpayers, fairness to future generations and fairness to those who really need support.
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who → need → support
Under our golden economic rule, half of the savings we have made would go to reducing the deficit.”
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we → make → deficit
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