Why won't MPs tax the rich? We asked them – and their answers gave us hope | Faiza Shaheen
Even most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy.
The Guardian reports: Even most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy.
Yet the first budget of the Burnham era looks set to dodge the issue In John Healey’s first budget this week, we will finally get a sense of the economic policies that will deliver Andy Burnham’s pledge to end neoliberalism. Capital gains tax equalised with income tax?
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- Even the briefed increase in the banking surcharge only takes us back to where it was until the Conservatives cut it in 2023. (The Guardian)
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