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2023 has seen frequent briefings to the media that inheritance tax is to be cut or abolished altogether. In the end, abolishing inheritance tax was not a feature of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. But with The Telegraph running a major...
If you ask a politician about reforming inheritance tax, they generally wince, and may then leave abruptly. They know the conventional wisdom says that, unless the policy is to scrap inheritance tax, don’t touch it. “Fair enough”, you might say,...
Earlier this year, Demos launched a new project on the UK’s ‘New Age of Inheritance’. We’ve found that the real value of inheritances transferred annually in the UK has doubled roughly every 20 years since 1979 to over £100bn a...
The Chancellor has nailed the importance of tackling economic inactivity – but we need to be bolder about the solutions. Universal Support – a voluntary programme of personalised, tailored help for people with health conditions – is a more effective...
These devolution deals are good – but not a silver bullet. Simply putting more money into the hands of combined authorities will not result in power being shared with ordinary people. People won’t really take back control until power is...
Is Britain in decline? 2023 is looking bleak for the UK economy. According to the recent IMF forecast, it will be the only major economy in recession this year. They pointed the finger at relatively short-term problems: inflation, energy prices and...
When Jeremy Hunt suggested that life for over 50s “doesn’t just have to be going to the golf course” he was criticised for assuming that the so-called ‘early exiters’ were simply opting for the easy life while the economy struggles...
English devolution is undeniably back on the political agenda. The government has previously presented its flagship Levelling Up agenda as a blueprint for a ‘devolution revolution’, with ‘metro mayors’ – elected leaders of combined authority areas – at its heart....
Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor have a £40bn funding gap to fill and the Chancellor has said nothing is off the table. But how would the public do the job? What are the public’s priorities? Two years ago, Demos ran...
