Badenoch takes aim as Keir Starmer refuses to rule out wealth tax in autumn Budget | The Daily T

Ana Maria Rus

At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Keir Starmer refused to rule out a new wealth tax to help plug the gap left by last week’s welfare reform fiasco. Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister for a cast-iron guarantee that Labour won’t introduce a wealth raid in the autumn Budget, but Starmer’s silence is fuelling Conservative warnings of a “toxic cocktail” of tax rises. Tim Stanley and Gordon Rayner are joined by economics reporter Emma Taggart to break down what a