Labour has no plans for a wealth tax it has been revealed, despite Britain's biggest trade union Unite calling on the new government to implement one.
Labour has no plans for a wealth tax it has been revealed, despite Britain's biggest trade union Unite calling on the new government to implement one. Unite wants an emergency 1 per cent wealth tax on the assets of the super-rich to pay for 10 per cent pay rises for public sector workers to fill out more than 100,000 NHS vacancies. However, when speaking on LBC to Ben Kentish, Cabinet officer Pat McFadden said: "We have no plans to pursue that particular policy.
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