Take these 8 LEGAL STEPS – before Labour begins its wealth grab on Wednesday, 30 October

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Source List:

1 FT Adviser - Keir Starmer warns of 'painful' autumn Budget – 27 August 2024

2 The Spectator - Just how ‘painful’ will Starmer’s October Budget be? – 27 August 2024

3 Financial Times - Labour faces £7bn bill to fund public sector pay deals if it wins election – 23 June 2024

4 POLITICO - 5 ways Labour says Britain is broken – 29 July 2024

5 Daily Express - Move to cap tax-free pension lump sum to £100,000 could cost retirees more than £70,000 – 28 August 2024

6 Daily Express - ‘Where will it end!?' Doom-mongering Starmer looking to wallop drivers with £2bn tax grab – 29 August 2024

7 The Telegraph - Wednesday evening news briefing: Wealth tax looms amid pressure from Labour’s union paymasters – 28 August 2024

8 BBC News - Rachel Reeves: We'll have to increase taxes in the Budget – 31 July 2024

9 Cityam - Everyone hates inheritance tax. But what are the best arguments against it? – 22 November 2025

10 Southbank Investment Research - The Shadow Currency That Triggered EVERY Major Panic For Half A Century Is Blowing Up Again

11 This is Money - Sonia's £196,000 bill after inheriting Dot Cotton's house in BBC soap EastEnders is fiction... but a big death tax grab is REAL for millions – 5 February 2023

12 Office for Budget Responsibility – Fuel duties

13 The Guardian - What is the energy price cap and can I cut my bill?

14 Which? - See how food prices compare to 30 years ago and you might be surprised – 23 November 2019

15 Aljazeera - 31%: The surge in food prices irking voters in the UK election – 3 July 2024

16 The Guardian - The curse of shrinkflation: how food is being sneakily downsized – but prices aren’t – 1 August 2023

17 Stoke on Trent Live - HMRC warning as 7,000 families make simple mistake costing them thousands – 15 August 2024

18 Tax Payers Alliance - Inflation is the ultimate stealth tax – 3 April 2021

19 Reuters - BOJ policymaker signals readiness to raise rates if inflation on track – 11 September 2024