Keir Starmer's refusal to rule out wealth tax labelled 'telling'

When Starmer was asked twice on Wednesday (9 July) by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch if he could rule out a tax on the wealthiest, he avoided the questions in the exchange. In the exchange, Badenoch accused Starmer of "flirting" with calls for a wealth tax and asked him to rule it out. The Prime Minister also refused to say if he would extend a freeze on income tax and national insurance thresholds. Conversations around a potential wealth tax have been raised again amid continued speculation around how the Labour government might raise revenue. Charles Russell Speechlys partn...