Dan Goss
@dan-goss.bsky.social
Lead researcher @demos working on economic policy - particularly tax, wealth, housing, and regional development
The mansion tax "is as much symbolic as it is fiscal.. it establishes a political and administrative precedent."
This shift in the overton window is a key reason we proposed the mansion tax. It lays the groundwork for a wholesale proportional property tax or a more ambitous wealth tax in future
This shift in the overton window is a key reason we proposed the mansion tax. It lays the groundwork for a wholesale proportional property tax or a more ambitous wealth tax in future
UK Mansion Tax—The Beginning Of A British Wealth Tax Regime?
Rachel Reeves’ new mansion tax signals the UK’s shift toward wealth taxation—modest now, but with big implications for property, policy, and fairness.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The mansion tax "is as much symbolic as it is fiscal.. it establishes a political and administrative precedent."
This shift in the overton window is a key reason we proposed the mansion tax. It lays the groundwork for a wholesale proportional property tax or a more ambitous wealth tax in future
This shift in the overton window is a key reason we proposed the mansion tax. It lays the groundwork for a wholesale proportional property tax or a more ambitous wealth tax in future
We do need higher tax on middle earners, but this analysis misses:
1) Wealth's importance vs income has ballooned & it's distributed twice as unequally
2) Wealth can boost income in ways this data doesn't capture
3) Income from wealth is taxed much less than income
www.ft.com/content/75ce...
1) Wealth's importance vs income has ballooned & it's distributed twice as unequally
2) Wealth can boost income in ways this data doesn't capture
3) Income from wealth is taxed much less than income
www.ft.com/content/75ce...
Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia
The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We do need higher tax on middle earners, but this analysis misses:
1) Wealth's importance vs income has ballooned & it's distributed twice as unequally
2) Wealth can boost income in ways this data doesn't capture
3) Income from wealth is taxed much less than income
www.ft.com/content/75ce...
1) Wealth's importance vs income has ballooned & it's distributed twice as unequally
2) Wealth can boost income in ways this data doesn't capture
3) Income from wealth is taxed much less than income
www.ft.com/content/75ce...
These letters to The Times saying how bad it is that govt may be taxing NHS GPs (b/c Reeves may equalise NICs between employees & limited liability partnerships (LLPs))
Ridiculous and untrue. The reported reform would NOT apply to NHS GPs as they cannot be LLPs!
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
Ridiculous and untrue. The reported reform would NOT apply to NHS GPs as they cannot be LLPs!
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
Times letters: Chancellor’s tax raid on the middle classes
Write to [email protected], At the Royal College of General Practitioners’ recent annual conference, I recounted something a GP approaching retirement told me: as in practices across the
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
These letters to The Times saying how bad it is that govt may be taxing NHS GPs (b/c Reeves may equalise NICs between employees & limited liability partnerships (LLPs))
Ridiculous and untrue. The reported reform would NOT apply to NHS GPs as they cannot be LLPs!
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
Ridiculous and untrue. The reported reform would NOT apply to NHS GPs as they cannot be LLPs!
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
Reposted by Dan Goss
Spot on from @guardianheather.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, quoting @centaxuk.bsky.social, @demos-uk.bsky.social, @resfoundation.bsky.social and @theifs.bsky.social. The right tax reforms, well designed and communicated, can raise revenue, reduce wealth inequality, boost fairness AND drive growth
Rachel Reeves’s second budget needs a narrative of fairness to justify tax rises | Heather Stewart
The chancellor should reach for the language of solidarity and social justice that this government tends to recoil from
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Spot on from @guardianheather.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, quoting @centaxuk.bsky.social, @demos-uk.bsky.social, @resfoundation.bsky.social and @theifs.bsky.social. The right tax reforms, well designed and communicated, can raise revenue, reduce wealth inequality, boost fairness AND drive growth
Great to see our tax research featured in the Guardian yesterday!
Check out the report for more details👇
demos.co.uk/research/sol...
Check out the report for more details👇
demos.co.uk/research/sol...
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Great to see our tax research featured in the Guardian yesterday!
Check out the report for more details👇
demos.co.uk/research/sol...
Check out the report for more details👇
demos.co.uk/research/sol...
There's lots of 'national renewal' chatter at Labour conference, but this obviously needs BIG public investment. The elephant in many rooms (or pods?) is the fiscal mess standing in the way...
We've just laid out a path to sort that mess w/o any broken promises 🧵
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
We've just laid out a path to sort that mess w/o any broken promises 🧵
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
There's lots of 'national renewal' chatter at Labour conference, but this obviously needs BIG public investment. The elephant in many rooms (or pods?) is the fiscal mess standing in the way...
We've just laid out a path to sort that mess w/o any broken promises 🧵
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
We've just laid out a path to sort that mess w/o any broken promises 🧵
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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April 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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- Budget tax rises raising £36bn: drives 18% of Labour defectors away
- Cut winter fuel payments raising £1.5bn: drives 35%(!) of Labour defectors away
The public really, really do not like spending cuts!
- Cut winter fuel payments raising £1.5bn: drives 35%(!) of Labour defectors away
The public really, really do not like spending cuts!
What are the main reasons people have switched from Labour?
Winter fuel allowance trumps all else. After that, (maybe unreasonable?) impatience over public services + cost of living.
Immigration less salient vs wider population.
Net Zero of no salience whatsoever. Scandals less than i expected
Winter fuel allowance trumps all else. After that, (maybe unreasonable?) impatience over public services + cost of living.
Immigration less salient vs wider population.
Net Zero of no salience whatsoever. Scandals less than i expected
January 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
- Budget tax rises raising £36bn: drives 18% of Labour defectors away
- Cut winter fuel payments raising £1.5bn: drives 35%(!) of Labour defectors away
The public really, really do not like spending cuts!
- Cut winter fuel payments raising £1.5bn: drives 35%(!) of Labour defectors away
The public really, really do not like spending cuts!
Really enjoyed appearing on the @financialfairness.bsky.social podcast last month, discussing the recent changes to inheritance tax
Check it out below👇!
Check it out below👇!
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Really enjoyed appearing on the @financialfairness.bsky.social podcast last month, discussing the recent changes to inheritance tax
Check it out below👇!
Check it out below👇!