Is the mansion tax again?

With only one week till the finances – what levers are left for the Chancellor to pull to plug the black gap within the public funds? 

Sam and Anne assess the present financial outlook and discover what tax choices are on the desk for Rachel Reeves and whether or not a set of bulletins might alleviate among the strain on her. 

Elsewhere, the Westminster village braces itself for the political report into the UK’s resolution making and governance in the course of the Covid pandemic. 

Plus, how important is it that the federal government has named China within the newest assault on the British political system to recruit potential spies?