Inheritance tax hike looms as Andy Burnham allies plot raids to hammer ‘the rich’

Grieving relatives could be hit with a sharp rise in inheritance tax as part of a package of wealth taxes being considered by Andy Burnham.

Allies of Mr Burnham, who will walk through the doors of No 10 in just over a week’s time, are understood to be studying a raft of proposals, which would hammer the rich – and hammer them again if they try to leave the country as a result.

Media outlets were briefed this weekend that Mr Burnham was considering tax cuts for low earners after entering Downing Street in order to start his premiership with a ‘message

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