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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Keir Starmer should be bold and consider a wealth tax, Neil Kinnock says

Neil Kinnock embracing Keir Starmer
Neil Kinnock congratulating Keir Starmer on the morning of the party’s landslide election victory in 2024. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau

Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and consider a tax on wealth, Neil Kinnock has said.

The former Labour leader said too many of the government’s achievements were being overshadowed. A year after a landslide election win, the party is struggling in the polls and has U-turned on policies including cuts to winter fuel payments and welfare.

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