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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Andy Burnham at odds with Labour leader Keir Starmer over Tory income tax cuts

Andy Burnham has called for Tory plans to cut income tax to be scrapped as he set himself at odds with the Labour leadership.

Keir Starmer said Labour would undo the £10,000-a-year Tory tax cut for the 660,000 highest earners in Britain if they win the next election.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced the plan to get rid of the 45p top tax rate on earnings above £150,000 a year on Friday in his mini-Budget, which would deprive the Treasury of £2bn a year.

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