Keir Starmer’s first moves – The Times

Stop the plan to take illegal migrants to Rwanda and higher taxes on the rich and on capital. After winning the elections in Great Britain, Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer was given the task by King Charles III to form a government and presented the measures planned for the first 100 days in Downing Street. Among the first measures on the agenda is the elimination of the “Rwanda Plan”, the Conservative plan to transfer illegal immigrants to Africa promoted by Rishi Sunak’s government but which will now be definitively abandoned.

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Among the economic measures, there is already anticipation for the first budget law of the Starmer government, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, will present to Parliament in October. An increase in taxation on the highest incomes has been announced, but also the introduction of VAT on private schools, a fiscal crackdown on the extra profits of energy companies and measures once morest “no dom”, those domiciled abroad who do not pay taxes in the United Kingdom. Taxes on capital gains, inheritances and private equity fund managers should also increase, reports the Corriere. Even if Starmer were to achieve everything he has planned, he will have to continue cutting public spending given the state of the public finances.