The Guardian view on taxing the rich: essential for economic fairness and growth | Editorial

The Guardian view on taxing the rich: essential for economic fairness and growth | Editorial

Powerful vested interests are trying to stop the wealthy from paying their fair share. Rachel Reeves should ignore them Denis Healey is often misquoted as saying he wanted to “squeeze the rich until the pips squeak” in the 1970s. He never actually used that phrase. What Labour’s finance spokesman did predict, however, was that his…