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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent

Burnham urged to tackle inequality with policies including wealth tax

Burnham and Healey sat at wooden table with part-drunk pints of beers chatting with locals
Andy Burnham, centre, listens to voters in July in a pub in Harlow with his recently appointed chancellor, John Healey (left). Photograph: Richard Pohle/AFP/Getty Images

Andy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal social care and bringing gas and electricity networks under public ownership, according to a report from more than a dozen influential thinkers.

In the lead-up to the first budget of the chancellor, John Healey, this autumn, the Compass thinktank has collated 70 policy options from 15 leftwing thinkers that they argue would deliver on the prime minister’s promise to end 40 years of neoliberalism.

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