Vibrant TUC nave a decent plan of a tax

IF it's bold, radical plans you're favouring to build a better, fairer, decent, vibrant and prosperous Britain, then heed this week's TUC annual Congress.

Trade union brothers and sisters in Liverpool will promote decisive solutions that many would dearly love Labour to embrace.

The surge in strikes is working Britain fighting back against squeezed living standards when another world is possible. It doesn't have to be decline, doom and despair - the choices exist to revive Britain.

Take the wealth tax, which TUC chief Paul Nowak says could deliver £10.4billion for public services by requiring 140,000 loaded individuals, the richest 0.3% worth in excess of £3million each - excluding pensions - to contribute a modest levy.

Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves are having none of it, alas, despite polling finding over six in 10 back the move, including just over half of 2019 Tory voters.