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Wealth tax may not be fully formed proposal - but could be put in the mix

Wealth tax may not be fully formed proposal - but could be put in the mix

I want to take you into the daily Downing Street briefing for political journalists to try and explain the likelihood of the government introducing a wealth tax.

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