Flat tax rate is an ‘attractive idea’, Kemi Badenoch says

Kemi Badenoch: ‘This is an idea that I’ve heard many times. It’s very attractive, but if we’re going to get to that sort of scenario, there’s a lot of work we need to do first-hand.’ Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

A flat tax rate is an “attractive idea”, which the Conservatives would aim for if in power, Kemi Badenoch has said.

The leader of the opposition made the comments on Monday while standing on a Robin Hood pantomime set at the London Palladium, which owner Andrew Lloyd Webber had lent to farmers and business owners so they could stage an event protesting against changes to inheritance tax.