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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Minister reopens door to wealth tax days after cabinet colleague calls it ‘daft’

A government minister has reopened the door to a wealth tax, just days after the business secretary dismissed the idea as “daft”.

Asked about a wealth tax, policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said it is “important… that all these issues are looked at and discussed and we look at the evidence about what will work and what won’t work”.

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