The Labour Government has not yet done enough to change the lives of voters, Britain’s top trade union boss has warned as he called for higher taxes on wealth in the upcoming Budget .

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said that the Labour promise of change “still feels like a slogan” to many working people as the Government endures a “difficult” period.

He urged Sir Keir Starmer to take on “the populist right”, insisting that the likes of Nigel Farage “are going to do nothing to improve people’s real, lived experience”.

Speaking to The i Paper ahead of the TUC’s annual gathering in Brighton next week, Nowak also defended his ally Angela Rayner – claiming she had been the victim of sexist attacks – and promised to hold ministers to account on their

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