Oral Question·Treasury
“If she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of Oxfam's poll on taxation, published on 25 March 2025.”
Tabled: 2 April 2025Answered: 8 April 2025
Asked by
Brian Leishman
Labour — Alloa and Grangemouth
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)
This Government are committed to ensuring that the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. The Chancellor announced a series of reforms at autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances as fairly as possible. Those reforms included increasing the rates of capital gains tax, increasing air passenger duty for private jets, and raising stamp duty for buyers of second or more homes.