The PM-in-waiting has said he is 'not going to rule things out' when it comes to hiking taxes for the wealthiest in society

The premier-in-waiting, who will replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Monday, said the UK needed a 'greater sense of fairness'.

Andy Burnham has previously expressed interest in raising taxes on speculative landlords who leave high street properties continually empty, and taxing the warehouses of firms…