Tax banks to cut energy bills, unions tell Burnham

These are policies that make a difference in the real world and people can see a value in them."In a wide-ranging BBC interview ahead of its annual congress in Brighton next week, the TUC general secretary said next month's Budget needed to show "the government is back in the service of the British people".While he said Burnham had got off to a good start as prime minister, he had a….

"I can't believe banks would leave the UK just because we are restoring the surcharge to where it was in 2023.

Bank share prices have risen faster here than in New York," he said.The TUC's demands for tax-raising measures don't stop with the banks, with Nowak arguing the UK has "a tax system that's good at taxing income but not good at capturing wealth".Nowak suggests a windfall tax on social media companies and for the government to equalise rates of Capital Gains Tax with income tax.The economist and former minister Lord….

I'm interested in a growing economy but a growing economy that works for everybody.

It is right to ask those with broader shoulders to pay a fairer share."In addition, Nowak says he doesn't believe the government will deliver on re-industrialisation and on its housing targets without making it easier to borrow to invest.As Chancellor, Rachel Reeves tweaked her so-called fiscal rules on debt and borrowing but Nowak said he believes the scope this provided for extra investment hasn't been maximised."John Healey should leave no….

Some care workers may have to wait 15 years.Before rejoining government Angela Rayner argued it was "unBritish" to "move the goalposts" for those already working in Britain.A consultation on the proposed measures closed six months ago, and the government is yet to produce its response.Nowak – a grandchild of migrants, from Poland and Hong Kong – says: "We should think again not just for care workers but for workers right….

It's important the rules aren't changed arbitrarily.

I would hope and expect this and it needs to be the beginning of a grown-up conversation on immigration."TUC delegates will debate immigration next week and are likely to echo the call for the government to water down its changes for existing migrants.Nowak says he felt it was right for Labour to change leaders after disastrous local election results in May, and has been pleased to see a bit of….