Unions vote for higher taxes for the rich and windfall taxes
Despite the government's pledge that there would be no windfall taxes on the energy companies in the immediate future and tax rates would not be increased to raise more from the rich, delegates at the TUC have voted overwhelmingly for such moves. Will Union power allow these suggestions to see the cold light of day? Or will Gordon Brown be able to broker his way out of this one?
Over the last few months there has been very little government intervention or comment on the array of public sector strikes. Many are seeing this as a sign of weakness and the government finally bowing to its paymaster, the Union movement. Whether the Unions will actually be able to force a couple of major U-turns from the authorities' remains to be seen but it seems as though the pressure is set to intensify on Gordon Brown.
This is now turning into an Old Labour v New Labour struggle and recent comments from inside number 10 seem to be suggesting that Old Labour is set to rise from the ashes. Despite Tony Blair's pledge that Old Labour was dead and New Labour was the way ahead, Gordon Brown seems to be seriously contemplating a change in stance.
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