Flat tax rate is an ‘attractive idea’, Kemi Badenoch says

Rule would mean a tax rise for basic ratepayers and a huge cut for higher earners if change was fiscally neutral

A flat tax rate is an attractive idea", which the Conservatives would aim for if in power, Kemi Badenoch has said.

The leader of the opposition made the comments on Monday while standing on a Robin Hood pantomime set at the London Palladium, which owner Andrew Lloyd Webber had lent to farmers and business owners so they could stage an event protesting against changes to inheritance tax.