Emily Thornberry criticised the Labour government for failing to “listen” to voters.

Labour’s Islington South and Finsbury MP Emily Thornberry has thrown her hat in the ring for Labour deputy leader and proposed a new wealth tax as part of her campaign, prompting Chancellor Rachel Reeves to strike down calls by ruling out its introduction.

Thornberry, the former shadow foreign secretary under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership who now chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, criticised the Labour government for failing to “listen” to voters.

She said in a post on X she was running to become deputy leader, following education secretary Bridget Phillipson and the backbencher Bell Ribeiro-Addy in joining the contest.

Lucy Powell, who was removed as leader of the House of Commons in a weekend Cab

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