An emboldened – or desperate – new government will look to wealth taxes

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Wealth taxes are climbing back up the political agenda as the Labour party begins the process of reinventing itself for a post-Starmer era.

Wes Streeting thinks he’s found “a wealth tax that works” by hiking capital gains tax while Andy Burnham is flirting with a land value tax that would naturally hit wealthy areas the https://www.cityam.com/an-emboldened-or-desperate-new-government-will-look-to-wealth-taxes/">[...]