Ukraine's Parliament has approved the first major wartime tax increases on Thursday to shore up finances as war with Russia drags on with no end in sight. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a lawmaker from the Holos party, said 247 of 450 deputies in the Verkhovna Rada approved the increase.

Ukraine’s parliament approves first wartime tax hikes to shore up finances amid ongoing conflict with Russia

To express their opposition to a $2.7 billion tax increase intended to close the budget deficit, hundreds of protesters marched across the cities of Kenya. Watch to know more.

Kenya: Nationwide demonstrations against tax hikes proposed by government

Several people were reported to have been shot, some possibly fatally, after police and demonstrators clashed in several cities and towns across Kenya, on Wednesday (July 19), amid protests over the new finance law that has sought to raise taxes amid the high cost of living.

Kenya: Protesters clash with police as three-day protest over tax hikes begins; over 300 arrested

Kenyans in multiple cities across the country took to the streets in protest of a new finance law which has sought to raise taxes including doubling the fuel tax as well as introducing a housing levy for employees, reported the local media.

Kenyan police fire tear gas to stop opposition protests over tax hikes, dozens arrested

UK government on Thursday unveiled an austerity budget with £55 billion ($65 billion) of tax hikes and spending cuts despite confirming its economy was in recession.

WION Dispatch: UK unveils austerity budget with major tax hikes, spending cuts

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