![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/angela-rayner-im-relaxed-about-the-rich-if-they-pay-tax/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/127402115_de27.jpg&description=Media caption, Angela Rayner: I won't attack Sunak for being richLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has admitted she is relaxed about people becoming "filthy rich... as long as they pay their taxes".She said Labour wants people to "create wealth", echoing famous remarks made by the party's former spin doctor, Peter Mandelson.Speaking to the BBC's Political Thinking podcast, Ms Rayner was asked about her views on wealth and class.Asked if Labour believed in aspiration, she said: "Absolutely, 100%."Her comments represent a shift away from the language used by Labour MPs and shadow ministers under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.Launching Labour's campaign ahead of the general election in 2019, Mr Corbyn promised to "pull down a corrupt system" and make the UK's wealthy elite pay their way with new taxes.In one tweet, the left-wing leader said "there would be no billionaires and no one would live in poverty" in a fair society.But speaking to the BBC's Nick Robinson, Ms Rayner - who rose to Labour's front bench when Mr Corbyn was leader - struck a more pragmatic tone.Image caption, Former Business Secretary Peter Mandelson was one of the architects of New LabourShe was asked if she agreed with Lord Mandelson who, in 1998, said of New Labour: "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxes.""If that means that they're going to be filthy rich as he [Lord Mandelson] says, I wouldn't use that term, but people are going to have great wealth," Ms Rayner said. "It's about sharing that wealth and understanding where that wealth comes from."Ms Rayner said she would not be attacking new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for being rich. Mr Sunak - whose wife, Akshata Murty, is the daughter of an Indian billionaire - is thought to be one of the richest MPs in Parliament.Being rich was not a problem for a prime minister, Ms Rayner said. But, she added, how he and his family had used that wealth was.Ms Murty came under the spotlight earlier this){kind=link}
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Angela Rayner: I won’t attack Sunak for being rich
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has admitted she is relaxed about people becoming “filthy rich… as long as they pay their taxes”.
She said Labour wants people to “create wealth”, echoing famous remarks made by the party’s former spin doctor, Peter Mandelson.
Speaking to the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast, Ms Rayner was asked about her views on wealth and class.