SCOUT· 63%37m·2026-10-04·News Politics319. How to fill the Chancellor’s hole, with Dan Neidle
Is a Smorgasbord of tax rises the best way to raise money? Should the capital gains tax rate be aligned with income tax? What about increased taxes on banks? Dan Neidle is back to tell Robert and Steph what he’d do in the upcoming Budget. Plus, how Reeves was punished by the ONS’s crazy estimates of how much holiday…
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