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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larissa Howie

Minister insists ‘those with broadest shoulders should carry greatest burden’ over wealth tax

Labour’s Transport Secretary Hedi Alexander has refused to rule out a wealth tax when pressed on whether it is being considered.

“We've always been clear as a government that those with the broadest shoulders should carry the greatest burden,” the minister told Sky News on Tuesday morning (8 July).

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