Labour calls for a wealth tax on the richest to boost coronavirus recovery

mirror.co.uk:

Labour has called for a wealth tax on the richest to boost recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds urged the Government "to not increase taxes or cut support for low and middle-income people" during the crisis.

But, in her first major speech since being appointed three months ago, she warned a "new settlement" was needed to address the injustice of the worst-off paying more tax proportionally than high earners, while the richest feather their nests from wealth.

She said: “Over the last 10 years, the gap in income and wealth has increased, and living standards for low and middle-income people have stagnated – at the same time as taxes for the very best-off have been reduced. “So finally, government must