Liberal Democrats would raise taxes on the rich, Nick Clegg vows

The Guardian: Party leader says George Osborne’s plan to eliminate Britain’s structural deficit is to target the poor with ‘undisguised relish’.

Full story: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/05/liberal-democrats-raise-taxes-on-rich-nick-clegg?

Five tax stings you need to know about

Daily Telegraph: As the Tories promise to lift 800,000 out of the 40p tax rate, we look at five more tax traps set by the state.

Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/11135986/Five-tax-stings-you-need-to-know-about.html

Glenda Jackson joins London Labour MPs opposed to mansion tax

The Guardian: MP for marginal Hampstead and Kilburn seat said policy would ‘impact disastrously on people who are asset rich but cash poor’.

Full story: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/02/glenda-jackson-london-labour-mps-opposed-mansion-tax?

Sol Campbell wades in on mansion tax debate

ICAEW: Former England footballer Sol Campbell has waded in on the debate over Labour’s mansion tax plan, branding the party as the “grim reaper” of entrepreneurship and success.

Full story: http://economia.icaew.com/news/october-2014/sol-campbell-wades-in-on-mansion-tax-debate

Kingston Smith granted license to undertake probate work

Private Client Adviser: Kingston Smith has become the first accountancy firm to be licenced as an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to carry out probate work.

Full story: http://www.privateclientadviser.co.uk/news/legal-practice/kingston-smith-granted-license-undertake-probate-work

Cameron pledges tax cuts if re-elected in 2015

Accountancy Age: The nation's tax bill will be cut if the party is re-elected at the polls next May, prime minister David Cameron has pledged. 

Full story: http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2373352/cameron-pledges-tax-cuts-if-re-elected-in-2015