What other ways could Rachel Reeves have raised more money?

I have to agree with this. Unpopular, maybe, but at least everyone
(well, most) then bears the burden so it would at least be universally unpopular! And just a penny increase would bring in billions. This targeting of individual groups who are not their voters (agriculture, pensioners, private schools, businesses) is so blatant - everything feels so tribal now with everything being us v them.

I'm not a fan of the tories, and I'm glad they're out because they deserve to be, but I can't get at all excited about what we have now.

There is a lot of waste with grants also. I saw a list on Twitter, research into the most bizarre things and we fund it.

tax on foreign investors and offshore billionaires extracting dividends and interest from the uk - currently tax free - absolute disgrace

The 1p saving on draft beer has sorted it. Rach has it covered for voter confidence! Nothing else matters.

I agree with PP. massive welfare/immigration overhaul but more importantly, don’t chuck more money at a very, very wasteful NHS. Overhaul & streamlining of this would save millions.

THIS!

A refund from Michelle Mone.

She could have looked through Vol. 1 of ‘Unpopular Taxes of Yesteryear’ for inspiration. Perhaps a re-introduction of the Window Tax.

Just flaming well raise income tax.

thresholds have been frozen for years & wages are crap. Plus it doesn’t help younger people as it doesn’t target wealth.

That stopped with the UC rollout. So you're several years out of date.

A lot of you just want more austerity

Which worked so well 🤔

Get rid of the pension triple lock and put pensioners on a level footing with other benefits increases.

Er look at the outrage over WFA, there would have been a revolt!

Council tax means that nobody is ever a land or home owner, everyone is a renter.

Online sales tax so that the gap between profitability of actual retail shops and online giants is smaller.

Find a way to tax Amazon and others on their activites in the UK.

Everyone saying stop topping up UC and such you do realise that would mean employers would have to pay more?

We are underpaid in the uk if you don't want employers paying more NI then they certainly won't pay more...

A lot of you just want more austerity

Just flaming well raise income tax.

Scrap employee NI and put the lot on income tax to to put the burden on all and not just those in employment (e.g rich kids, early retirees, rich pensioners.

Scrap Council Tax, make this a local tax based on income payable by all adults in the house. % set locally.

Rather then look at just ways to raise money how about saving it. The costs of all the infrastructure projects that have been planned and partially implemented with planning etc. All wasted money. Hs2, Stonehenge the new hospitals that are no longer being built. Money has been spent on all these for nothing to happen. Also the PPE waste.

The plan is to increase tax revenue but also increase borrowing. Doesn’t sound great to me.

I think the advice given to MNers is usually work more than the 10 hours a week you're currently doing to maximise your income.

Therefore - maximise income - I'd suggest an extra 2p on higher rate income tax couple with a 1p decrease in the basic rate.

Stop topping up wages. That would save a fortune in UC. A proper wealth tax. Tax large businesses.

1. 10p on fuel duty, followed by restoring the annual escalator.
2. Scrap stamp duty and council tax and replace them with a 1% annual tax on house value. This would raise about £30 bn extra, more than enough to cancel the employers NI hike. It would also incentivise people in houses too big for their needs to sell up, producing a much more efficient housing market.

Reverse employee NI cut
Add 1p to income tax across the board
I think they could have still won the election if they had pledged these changes instead of pretending they didn't need to raise taxes.
NHS is a bottomless money pit. We need to start introducing charges.
1p off a pint of beer is an expensive and pointless insult to struggling pubs.
I also think some of the spending has been crazy. Particularly the carbon capture project and the train drivers pay increase. I don't want to see farmland covered in solar panels, they should insist that all new buildings are fitted with solar panels instead, paid for by the developer.

Scrap the £10 Christmas bonus.
Make working pensioners pay NIC.

Not spend £21 billion on unproven carbon capture.
Make WFA taxable rather than limit it to those in receipt of pension credits thereby triggering a rush of people to sign up for pension credits and costing more than it saves.
Penalties or deposits for missed doctors appointments
Sugar tax.
Reverse the NI cut
Bit late now but increase the state pension age by 3 months each year rather than a two year period being a cliff edge change. Also generates savings quicker.
Increase tax on alcohol sold in supermarkets and reduce tax on alcohol sold in pubs to bring them more into line. Thereby reducing the £28 billion cost of treating alcohol related illnesses and keeps pubs open.
Local authorities and landowners profit share on the uplift in value from planning permissions for large developments.
Tax on online retailers to bring them into line with high street shops business rates.

Increase income tax. I worry placing the onus on employers to pay more will stifle desperately needed economic growth.
I can afford to pay more as an older person and as much as this may be unpopular, my parents (in their 80s) can afford to pay more, my ILs (in their 70s) can afford to pay more. I appreciate not all pensioners can, but there are alot that can. I think we have to concentrate on growth and helping young families. Make work pay, all this nonsense about not working more than 16 hours, is again, stifling growth. We have to be more productive and make working more hours pay. Increase the personal allowance.
NHS - mandatory prescription reviews every 6 months. Focus on outcomes, don't scan, test, operate just because we can. Allow people a dignified exit rather than intervening just because we can.
Welfare - not sustainable in its current form. Don't allow people to remain on welfare with MH/Anxiety if they refuse to engage in their recovery. Think of a staggered reduction in benefits after a certain period of time.