Starmer has nothing going for him |
Why would anyone support this government? Keir Starmer has a near-invincible majority, a divided opposition and 14 years of Tory-managed decline against which to define his project. Problem is he doesn’t have a project, or a plan, or, at this rate, a policy.
Tim Shipman reveals that Labour will U-turn on inheritance tax changes which have been branded a ‘family farm tax’. The threshold will increase from £1 million to £2.5m, or £5m if there is a surviving spouse, which addresses many of the objections raised by farmers.
It joins a growing litany of policies jettisoned by a government that takes fright at public and especially backbench opposition. Labour has reversed course on raising income taxes at the Budget, scrapping the winter fuel payment, cutting the welfare bill, giving all employees protection........