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  • Stephen Kinnock quizzed on his dad’s calls to ditch two-child benefit cap

    Politics

    Stephen Kinnock said that discussions in government around scrapping the two-child benefit cap are “ongoing”, when asked about his father Lord Kinnock’s calls to ditch the policy. In an interview with BBC Breakfast, the health minister said: “Decisions about the Budget, decisions like that have major financial implications, they are a matter for the Chancellor.”  [...]

    Kinnock jokingly suggested that his father should “contact Rachel Reeves” with his stances on welfare policy. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
  • Jonathan Reynolds slams wealth tax as ‘daft’ in broadside against Labour left

    Politics

    Jonathan Reynolds has dismissed the prospect of a wealth tax as “daft”, amidst repeated warnings from the City that the policy would damage the UK economy.  In a podcast interview with GB News, the business secretary told those on the left of the Labour party: “Get serious!”  Reynolds insisted that much of Labour policy already [...]

    Reynolds insisted that much of Labour policy already constitutes taxes on the wealthy.
  • Stephen Kinnock says Reeves looking ‘very carefully’ at wealth tax

    Politics

    Health minister Stephen Kinnock has given the strongest hint yet that a wealth tax might be on the agenda for the government after his father – the former Labour leader Lord Kinnock – intervened to push for the policy over the weekend.  The junior Kinnock told LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty that the government has “already taken [...]

    Insisting that it “it’s a matter for the Chancellor”, Kinnock said that he welcomes views on the issue from all around the Labour Party. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
  • Budget: Minister refuses to rule out tax rise for £100,000 earners nine times

    October 21, 2024

    A government minister has refused to rule out whether Labour would increase taxes on those earning more than £100,000 at the Budget. Speaking to Sky News, care minister Stephen Kinnock refused nine times to say whether – under Labour’s definition – someone earning a six figure salary would see their taxes go up. Labour’s election [...]

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