Given that it lets the state off the hook for the current economic mess, what's radical about baiting the rich?

Telegraph View: David Cameron should set out a powerful Conservative case for smaller government and low taxes.

There are two rationales for socking it to the rich: one pragmatic, one vindictive. The pragmatic case is weak, writes Christopher Caldwell

Nick Clegg vows that Liberal Democrats will "stick to our guns" on mansion tax, insisting owners of £2m homes should be made to pay more.

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The rise of Qatar has been one of the most remarkable developments in the recent history of the Middle East. How this small, oil-rich Gulf state built Al Jazeera and parleyed the TV station's influence into a diplomatic role across the region is an insufficiently explored issue. The list of the monarchy's achievements is impressive, even putting aside how they secured the football World ...

Nick Clegg, this morning, advocating closing loopholes for the rich to pay for raising the income tax threshold: ‘Right now, because of loopholes and shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle-class households.  Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.’ Oh, all right, that wasn't Clegg. That w...

Family finances are at ‘boiling point’ and the Liberal Democrat leader says the wealthy must fund a pledge to raise the personal allowance to £10,000

With the rich-poor gap widening, the US president’s demand for the wealthy to pay their ‘fair share’ could yet be a winning strategy

It's amazing how rich you can get in a democracy where lese majesty is still a crime, provided you are da majesty. King Bhumibol is the world's richest monarch. Crown holdings include slum housing, cement, shopping malls, insurance and the...