Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax

Rachel Reeves said she wants Britain ‘to be a place where people come and build their teams and build their businesses’. Photograph: Paul Grover/AFP/Getty Images

Rachel Reeves has said those with the “broadest shoulders” should pay their “fair share,” of taxes and promised new measures to tackle inflation, as she draws up next month’s crunch budget.

Speaking in Washington DC, where she was attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Reeves confirmed she was looking at wealthy taxpayers as she draws up her budget plans.