Wealth tax needed to help working people and avoid threat from Reform, says union chief

Exclusive: Paul Novak says Rachel Reeves should ‘stay the course’ on plans for investment

Rachel Reeves should bring in wealth taxes at the autumn budget to deliver the change promised by Labour at the election and battle the rising threat from Reform, the UK’s most senior union chief has said.

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), urged the chancellor to “stay the course” on her plans to invest in the country, adding that the government should not be afraid of adopting “a little bit” of economic leftwing populism.