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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

Starmer’s former minister Haigh urges him to rip up tax rules to counter Reform

Sir Keir Starmer’s former transport secretary has urged him to stage an “economic reset” and rip up tax rules to get voters onside after Reform UK’s success in the local elections.

MP Louise Haigh, who resigned as a Cabinet minister in November, said welfare reforms and the loss of winter fuel payments were “totemic” for many voters.

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