Budget 24: Labour tax questions, six-figure earners & ‘working people’
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A government minister has left open the door to big tax hikes in next week’s Budget hitting high-earners on more than £100,000 - as he refused to say if these high earners were “working people” under Labour’s definition.Care minister Stephen Kinnock was repeatedly asked on Sky News, but gave no clear answer, whether or nor people earning six figures were classified as “working people” by the government.We’re joined by The London Standard’s political editor Nicholas Cecil from Parliament to discuss the build-up to next week’s first Labour budget under Chancellor Rachel Reeves.Plus, in part two, The Standard’s transport editor Ross Lydall has been digging into Transport for London documents.He found the organisation’s being warned the capital’s post-Covid return to the office may have stalled as commuter journey numbers grew only at a snail’s pace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
