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Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in UK Budget

Coverage spectrum

Covered by 4 outlets. No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in the UK Budget next week, rejecting calls from Labour figures to raise it. Business leaders warned that a rise would damage confidence in the economy, according to the Financial Times. Treasury sources told the Guardian that an increase could cost the Treasury money if wealthy people deferred asset sales or moved abroad. Bloomberg and the Guardian report that a levy on bank profits will be the government’s main revenue source instead.

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Left
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Right
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Far Right
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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in the Budget.
Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
Bloomberg, The Guardian
Center
Financial Times, BBC News
Labour figures, including cabinet colleagues, had called for capital gains tax to be raised or equalised with income tax.
Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
Bloomberg, The Guardian
Center
BBC News
Business leaders warned that a rise would damage confidence in the economy.
One outletFinancial Times· Center
Critics have said a rise could drive wealthy people out of Britain.
One outletBBC News· Center
Treasury sources said an increase could cost the Treasury money if wealthy people deferred asset sales or moved abroad.
One outletThe Guardian· Left
Reports say a levy on bank profits will be the chancellor’s main revenue source.
One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
Bloomberg, The Guardian

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

Whether raising capital gains tax would help or harm the public finances and the economy.
Labour figures and cabinet colleagues pushed for a rise to equalise it with income tax (BBC, Guardian). Business leaders warned a rise would damage confidence (FT). Treasury sources said a rise could cost the Treasury money if wealthy people deferred sales or moved abroad (Guardian).

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All four outlets report that Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in next week’s Budget. Center outlets stress business warnings and the risk of wealthy people leaving, while left outlets stress pressure from Labour colleagues and the bank profits levy that will fund the plans.

the left
2 outlets
Headlines frame it as the chancellor rejecting calls from Labour colleagues to raise the tax, and Bloomberg adds the bank levy as the funding route.
Healey to reject calls to raise capital gains tax in budget
The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
2 outlets
Headlines present it as a ruling-out or rejection of calls to raise the tax, with business warnings and the risk of wealthy people leaving in the description.
Healey rules out increasing capital gains tax in the Budget
Financial TimesCenterAll center headlines
the right
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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

Labour colleagues’ calls for a rise
bank profits levy as replacement revenue
Treasury sources’ reasoning on asset sales

Leaves out

Business leaders’ warnings about economic confidence

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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The GuardianLeft
Healey to reject calls to raise capital gains tax in budget
Cabinet colleagues have previously called for an increase but chancellor feels it might ultimately cost the Treasury 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 …
1 day agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
BloombergLeft
Healey Rejects Calls to Increase Capital Gains Tax in UK Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey won’t increase the UK’s tax on capital gains in his budget next week, as he relies instead on a levy on bank revenues to fund the Labour government’s plans.
1 day agoRead at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

Business leaders’ warnings on confidence
wealthy people leaving Britain
the chancellor’s rejection of calls

Leaves out

Plan to rely on a levy on bank profits

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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BBC NewsCenter
Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax in Budget
Influential Labour figures had been pushing for equalising CGT and income tax, but critics have said this could drive wealthy people out of Britain.
2 days agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
Financial TimesCenter
Healey rules out increasing capital gains tax in the Budget
Chancellor decides against raising CGT rates after business leaders warned it would damage confidence in the economy
2 days agoRead at Financial Times (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

Left
8 hr 9 min later
Its first report, Oct 20, 2:31 AM EDT
Center
First to report
Financial Times, Oct 19, 6:22 PM EDT
Right
No report yet
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Financial TimesCenterOct 19, 6:22 PM EDT
BBC NewsCenterOct 19, 9:31 PM EDT
BloombergLeftOct 20, 2:31 AM EDT
The GuardianLeftOct 20, 3:27 AM EDT

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Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in UK Budget

Coverage spectrum

Key points

Where accounts differ

Compare views

the left

the center

the right

Language to notice

Side by side

From the left

Healey to reject calls to raise capital gains tax in budget

Healey Rejects Calls to Increase Capital Gains Tax in UK Budget

From the center

Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax in Budget

Healey rules out increasing capital gains tax in the Budget

From the right

How the coverage built up

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