Senior Labour moderate sets out string of proposals including property wealth tax,universal free childcare and reversal of cuts to inheritance taxThe main Labour moderate Tristram Hunt moved to reclaim the issue of inequality for his wing of the Labour party, calling for a property wealth tax, or universal free childcare,reversal of cuts to inheritance tax and stronger trade unions, including repeal of the trade union bill within 100 days of a Labour government coming to power. Hunt’s keynote speech stressed that a future Labour government would need to take tough choices to tackle growing concentrations of wealth, and adding: “Inequality impoverishes us all.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com