Keir Starmer's right-hand man Morgan McSweeney appears to 'endorse' a call for Labour to carry out a massive £15bn tax raid by hiking capital gains

Morgan McSweeney 'liked' social post urging Labour to raise Capital Gains Tax Campaign manager later deleted the 'like' and said it had been accidental Tories said it showed Labour's 'real plans' to impose higher taxes on families 

Sir Keir Starmer's right-hand man appeared to endorse a call for Labour to carry out a massive tax raid.

Campaign manager Morgan McSweeney 'liked' a social media message urging the party to rake in £15billion by hiking Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

He hit the like button on a post on LinkedIn by Labour adviser Matthew Torbitt that stated: 'Labour would be wise politically to raise capital gains tax, it is an easy sell to the three in 100 that currently pay it - we have to ask ourselves what sort of society we want to live in.

'A small rise would bring in over £15bn - lifting the two child cap would cost £1.6bn. Sounds a good idea to me!'

Mr McSweeney, who ran Sir Keir's leadership campaign, deleted his like after it came to light and is understood to have claimed it was accidental.

Campaign manager Morgan McSweeney 'liked' a social media message urging the party to rake in £15billion by hiking Capital Gains Tax (CGT)

Keir Starmer's right-hand man is said to have deleted his 'like' afterwards, but the Tories said it showed Labour's true colours over whether it plans to levy CGT on the sale of family homes or other assets

But the Tories said it showed Labour's true colours, after days of mixed messages from the party over whether it plans to levy CGT on the sale of family homes or other assets.

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A Conservative Party spokesman said: 'This is just further proof that Labour's manifesto is nothing more than window dressing.

'Labour's real plans are to slap working families with a £2,094 tax hike - including by taxing your family home.

'Only the Conservatives will keep taxes down to deliver a secure future for you and your family.'

And Treasury minister Laura Trott said: 'Labour think they can hide these secret tax rises until after the election, but we won't let them get away with it.

'Keir Starmer should come clean with the British people.'