Compass, a Labour-aligned pressure group, has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to pursue sweeping reforms in his first 100 days, including mandatory 50mph speed limiters for petrol and diesel cars and taxes that could double the cost of second homes. The proposals matter because they signal pressure from within Labour’s wider movement for a more radical programme on climate, wealth, housing, democracy and immigration.

– Introduce mandatory 50mph speed inhibitors on fossil-fuelled cars as part of faster action towards net zero by 2040.
– Consider a 2 per cent wealth tax on each £1m and measures to double the cost of second homes.
– Back assisted dying for terminally ill people and introduce proportional representation before the next election.
– Ban Lords members from serving in government, curb foreign ownership of homes, and limit large-scale land ownership.
– Adopt a more positive immigration policy, including responsibility for people displaced by war and climate change.
– Restrict rent rises through a “triple lock” tied to RPI, wage growth or 6 per cent, whichever is lowest.