Green Party to demand wealth tax to 'defend public services'
Friday, 6 September 2024 () The Green Party will demand the government introduces a wealth tax when Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first budget next month.
Firebrand union leader Sharon Graham has told Sky News that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is guilty of "picking the pockets of pensioners" by cutting winter fuel.. Sky News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to impose a pay-per-mile scheme on British drivers to avoid a "black hole" from lost fuel duty revenue. Sky News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel allowance. Roughly 10 million pensioners are set to lose out on the £250 payment as the government restricts the benefit to only those receiving pension credit. "We had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances because the previous government was overspending by £22bn just this year alone so we had to take action to get a grip on the public finances," Ms Reeves said.
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Former Conservative cabinet minister Laura Trott welcomes the latest economic figures that show GDP was at 0.6% from April to June but claims Rachel Reeves will be “fuming”. The shadow chief secretary to the treasury insists “this is yet more data to undermine (the chancellor’s) narrative that her economic inheritance is bad”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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