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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Phillip Inman

The case for Labour to introduce a wealth tax has never been stronger

Zack Polanski next to protesters wearing Starmer and Reeves masks
Zack Polanski and protesters wearing Starmer and Reeves masks at the Make Them Pay march in London. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Alamy

Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting have sought to blunt the Green leader Zack Polanski’s popularity with a hint that a government run by either of them, should they win a Labour leadership race, would favour a tax of some kind on the wealthy.

With SpaceX’s stock market launch on Friday sending Elon Musk’s fortune to the stars, it is clear to most people that the world’s super-rich are running away with the lion’s share of the spoils and there is not much left for anyone else.

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