Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education
Next month’s spending review must be an “economic reset” based on a bold wealth tax and higher public investment, the former cabinet minister Louise Haigh will argue, as Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure from within Labour to change course.
Haigh’s comments come as Andy Burnham called for Labour to “re-establish itself unequivocally once again as the party of working-class ambition” with ambitious offerings on housing and education.
Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and educationNext month’s spending review must be an “economic reset” based on a bold wealth tax and higher public investment, the former cabinet minister Louise Haigh will argue, as Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure from within Labour to change course.Haigh’s comments come as Andy Burnham called for Labour to “re-establish itself unequivocally once again as the party of working-class ambition” with ambitious offerings on housing and education. Continue reading… Labour, Louise Haigh, Andy Burnham, Economic policy, Tax and spending, Social housing, Housing, Education policy, Politics, Society, UK news, Inequality Business | The Guardian
