Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham
Summary
Groups linked to Labour figures Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham have proposed major changes to UK government policies, including tax cuts and support for lowering living costs. These ideas show different plans for Britain’s future leadership as pressure grows on current Labour leader Keir Starmer.Key Facts
- The Growth Group, connected to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and the Tribune group, linked to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, have released different policy proposals.
- The Growth Group suggests raising capital gains tax to fund a small cut in national insurance tax.
- They also want mayors in England to have more control over taxes and spending, create a new Department of the Prime Minister, and let Thames Water fail.
- The same group recommends focusing UK energy policy on making clean energy affordable, rather than just increasing clean energy supply.
- The Tribune group proposes changing rules on government borrowing and removing economic growth duties from the Treasury.
- Labour MP Louise Haigh recommends cutting council tax and replacing stamp duty with a new property tax.
- The reports reflect efforts by different Labour-linked groups to influence a future prime minister’s policies amid calls for Starmer to resign.
- Other thinktanks are pushing for rent caps to reduce living costs, although the government currently opposes this idea.
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