Andy Burnham is plotting an early general election to raise taxes amid a 'meltdown' in the Treasury over the deteriorating state of the public finances, Labour sources have said. dailymail.com/news/article-1… Chancellor John Healey is stress-testing a series of options for soak-the-rich tax rises in next month's Budget. He needs to raise an extra £10-15billion, which includes possible increases to capital gains and corporation taxes, windfall taxes on banks and oil companies, and an extension of the mansion tax. @MoS_Politics article