Taxation
Tax policy, income tax, corporation tax, VAT
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 238PMQs 2026-02-11
The announcement that pubs and music venues will receive a much-welcome reduction in business rates is a positive step. However, in our manifesto we did promise root-and-branch reform of business rate...
PMQs 2026-02-11
Last week, the Government launched a consultation on establishing a growth development corporation for Cambridge. In the meantime, Peter Freeman, the chairman of the Cambridge Growth Company, is on th...
PMQs 2026-02-11
This House legislated 126 years ago to make Alexandra Palace available for the free use...of the public forever, and last year Luke “the Nuke” changed darts forever by rewriting the record books. Toda...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Government have delivered the funding needed to rebuild the new Frimley Park hospital after the Conservatives made empty, unfunded promises to my constituents. Now we urgently need to get on with ...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Prime Minister has not apologised for appointing Matthew Doyle, because he will not take responsibility—he never does, and Labour Members know it. The Prime Minister is now telling everyone that h...
PMQs 2026-02-11
Nobody buys it, Mr Speaker—not even the Labour women, because they know that the Prime Minister always puts the Downing Street boys club first. How dare he criticise us? The Conservatives were not the...
PMQs 2026-02-11
May I associate myself, and those on the Opposition Benches, with the Prime Minister's words on the horrific stabbing in north London yesterday, as well as the shooting in Canada? When he was Leader o...
PMQs 2026-02-04
I am proud that Labour MPs voted yesterday to remove the two-child limit and lift 400,000 children out of poverty, but child poverty cannot be eradicated while children are living in overcrowded tempo...
PMQs 2026-02-04
I am concerned about Hartlepool having the third highest number of children in care in England, fueled by southern councils shipping families here. This is causing a £6 million funding shortfall. Perc...
PMQs 2026-01-28
The Scottish press is full of stories about the plot by Scottish Labour MPs to bring down the Prime Minister. One Scottish Labour MP said he is terrible, another Scottish Labour MP said the handling o...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1661Support for Road Users 2026-02-12
Essex man and woman love their cars, but the A13 and the A217 in south Essex are at 99% capacity during the morning and evening peaks—they are maxed out. The proposed lower Thames crossing would help,...
Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate 2026-02-12
Ministers do not want to listen to Hyundai, so let us try Stellantis. It has announced €22.2 billion of charges as it scales back its electric vehicle production, and its CEO has stated: “What we are ...
Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate 2026-02-12
Meur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. I declare an interest as chair of the electric vehicle all-party parliamentary group. The entire UK charge point industry is united in supporting the Government's pa...
Bus Fare Cap 2026-02-12
On the doorstep, at my constituency meeting last November, and when I am out and about in Stocksbridge, Deepcar, Oughtibridge and Wharncliffe Side, time and again my constituents tell me about the urg...
Bus Fare Cap 2026-02-12
Young people in my constituency, many of whom have to travel long distances from rural areas, are concerned about the cost of bus fares, especially since the increase from the Conservative £2 bus fare...
Topical Questions 2026-02-12
Last month, my Conservative-controlled council in the London borough of Bexley issued a press release stating that DFT data showed that it has the seventh best roads in England. Will the Secretary of ...
Topical Questions 2026-02-12
We on the Labour Benches know that effective bus services are key to economic growth. Unfortunately, when Staffordshire county council was run by the Conservatives, it sought to cut bus services in my...
Driving Test Waiting Times 2026-02-12
Is not the fundamental problem that the DVSA is a state-controlled monolith without any competition? Would it be wise to privatise the DVSA and allow young people to access driving tests more quickly?...
Economic Impact of Government Policies 2026-02-11
While welcoming the increase in the agricultural property relief threshold, does the Minister recognise broader economic concerns that inflation and rising asset values could pull more family farms in...
Economic Impact of Government Policies 2026-02-11
What assessment has been made of the potential impact of Government policies on the economy in Northern Ireland?...