Robert Peston

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5,610 appearances 43 recordings 5 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 3d ago

Robert Peston’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Rest Is Money · 313. Ruth Curtice: middle earners need to be taxed more · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

the income tax rates by two percentage points and that I think would have raised a net six billion or so because people would pay it on their pensions, people would pay a bit more tax on their pensions, voice-verified

bit more if they had rental income, if they were property owners and at the time many people thought that was very fair and actually voice-verified

Literally within days of the budget, that was something that Rachel Reeves was planning to do. voice-verified

You had a big influence. voice-verified

That was something that the Treasury and Rachel Reeves was going to announce in the budget. voice-verified

And then they had a terrible wobble. voice-verified

They had a panic attack. voice-verified

They thought that they'd be accused of breaching their manifesto and they backed off. voice-verified

And as you said, they... voice-verified

Throws rates, I think, for another threshold, excuse me, the thresholds for another three years, which is a sort of hidden, some would say a slightly dishonest way of raising more income tax. voice-verified

Broadly, on your analysis, it is unfair that people don't pay a higher rate of tax on their pensions and on rental income. voice-verified

Many would say there's definitely a case for doing precisely what she was too scared to do last year. voice-verified

Now, any sense that the Treasury might pick that plan up again? voice-verified

this. voice-verified

I mean, you're so right about that. voice-verified

I mean, initially, I was having a conversation with my local barista literally yesterday morning. voice-verified

And he said, do you think they're going to load more taxes on landlords? voice-verified

And he said, the reason he doesn't want it is because he's a tenant. voice-verified

He can hardly afford his rent. voice-verified

terrified that if more tax goes on his landlord, he'll end up paying voice-verified

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