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Britain’s Opposition Labour Party has been gearing up for the upcoming local elections for councils across England next month with sharply worded social media advertisements targeting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s track record, with the latest one on Tuesday alluding to his wife Akshata Murty’s past tax status.
The campaign, seen as a precursor to the general election expected next year, has become heated with Labour accusing Sunak and the governing Conservative Party of being responsible for the tough consequences of the cost-of-living crisis on voters.
In an apparent reference to Murty’s now-relinquished non-domicile (non-dom) tax status allowing her to pay taxes on her shares from Infosys – co-founded by her father Narayana Murthy – in India, the latest Labour campaign advert takes aim at the “loophole” which it has committed to abolish if elected.
