As Westminster descends into infighting ahead of the Budget, Roz Foyer argues that tackling extreme wealth inequality – through fairer taxes and bold reforms – is the only way to rebuild a broken economy and restore public trust.

Every so often, the political class makes you scratch your head and wonder: what planet are you living on?

With a Budget less than two weeks away, the UK Government decided that last week was the opportune moment to descend into bitter infighting. When the stakes are this high, this wasn’t just self-indulgent but entirely self-defeating.

How did we get here? The sad truth is that too many politicians have no clear idea how to improve living standards for the majority of people in this country.

Instead of setting out a serious programme to rebalance wealth and power, they manoeuvre to protect their positions and power base. They appoint unaccountable advisers who treat politics like it’s just a glorified gap year on their LinkedIn CV before they inevitably jaunt off to the private sector to rake in the cash. They brief against........

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