{
  "id": 16737158,
  "title": "Why won't MPs tax the rich? We asked them – and their answers gave us hope | Faiza Shaheen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/why-wont-mps-tax-the-rich-we-asked-them-and-their-answers-gave-us",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/mps-tax-super-rich-wealthy-voters-reform-budget-burnham"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Even most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy. Yet the first budget of the Burnham era looks set to dodge the issue In John Healey’s first budget this week, we will finally get a sense of the economic policies that will deliver Andy Burnham’s pledge to end neoliberalism. Or will we? Capital gains tax equalised with income tax? Ruled out . A genuine wealth tax on those…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}