Steve Rotheram, the Liverpool City Region Mayor has given the strongest hint yet that the incoming prime minister is considering introducing the levy

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…

Andy Burnham has refused to rule out a wealth tax being part of his economic agenda, saying the country needs a "greater sense of fairness".

Incoming prime minister says he doesn’t want to ‘create new divisions’ as Mahmood is tipped to be chancellor

In practice, wealth taxes simply don’t work, which is why most advocates focus on the moral case over the economic one.

Steve Rotheram, the Liverpool City Region Mayor has given the strongest hint yet that the incoming prime minister is considering introducing the levy

A Land Value Tax has been suggested as an alternative to the current dissatisfaction around stamp duty

The incoming Prime Minister has repeatedly backed the introduction of a 'levy on all estates' to fund social care after first proposing the idea as Health Secretary in 2010.

Matthew McGregor, who was appointed on Friday, said that hitting people with more than £10million in assets with the levy would be 'a highly popular way' of raising £24billion for…

Andy Burnham has been urged to scrap inheritance tax on family firms and rule out further raids on struggling businesses.