Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
John Stevens & Alan Weston

Gary Neville blasts 'immoral' tax cuts for rich ahead of conference speech

Gary Neville savaged plans to hand billions to the most wealthy as "immoral" and "madness".

The former footballer accused Liz Truss of "taking the absolute Mickey out of us" as he prepared to make a star appearance at Labour conference in Liverpool today. In an interview with the Mirror, he declared that Keir Starmer as prime minister would be "a change that cannot come quick enough".

In a mini-Budget on Friday, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng axed the 45p top rate of income tax - handing 660,000 high earners on more than £150,000 an extra £10,000 a year. He also scrapped the cap on bonuses for fatcat bankers.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.