Asked why she was not praising the chancellor for taking an idea she supports, Rachel Reeves said: 'Imagine what good could have been done if the chancellor and prime minister had done this years ago... They've run out of ideas.'
Scrapping the non-dom tax status for wealthy foreign nationals is 'an utter humiliation for this government', shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. 'The last budget of this parliament - they've had 14 years and they use this moment to close a non-dom tax loophole that everyone has been aware of for years,' Ms Reeves told Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
' Asked if Labour would stick to the government's spending plans, Ms Reeves said there were 'areas where we would do more' and noted she has already announced 'a small number of targeted tax increases to provide an immediate injection of cash into public services'. These include the plan to make private schools pay VAT and business rates, and expanding the oil and gas company windfall tax.
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