‘Compliance managers’ to have discussions with authority’s wealthiest customers in aim to raise tax revenuesBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s tax authority is assigning dedicated “customer compliance managers” to more than...
Read MoreEven most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy. Yet the first budget of the Burnham era looks set to dodge the issueIn John Healey’s first budget this week, we will finally get a sense of the economic...
Read MoreThese yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them destroying our seas?Who knew? Apparently everyone did, apart from me: you don’t wear shoes on a superyacht....
Read MoreKoos Bekker’s Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including floodingWhen South African billionaire Koos Bekker bought an old country estate in a sleepy corner of Somerset to...
Read MoreTaxWatch research contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodusApparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playgroundWhen the Sunday Times broke the news...
Read MoreFor decades, the capital’s house prices raced ahead of the national average – but now they are falling in prime areasAn elegant Georgian facade, a full-width balcony and an exclusive address in South Kensington just steps from...
Read MoreBosses call union funding ‘cleanest money in politics’ as they stop short of backing cap after Reform UK given £72mUK politics live – latest updatesTrade unions have stopped short of backing a cap on political donations but...
Read MoreReform UK have just been showered with £72m in donations by billionaires. What does that money buy and what will the party do with it? Peter Walker explainsOn Friday Ben Delo, a 42-year-old businessman – and convicted criminal –...
Read MorePM has so far declined to insert curbs on UK-based donors, despite £72m donations from billionaires to Reform UK UK politics live – latest updatesTrade unions, MPs and donors have urged the government to look again at party...
Read MoreBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by TrumpReform has been given a record £36m donation by Ben Delo, a British cryptocurrency billionaire convicted in the...
Read MoreAs Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable themIn April, Gil Durán was permanently banned...
Read MoreNew prime minister urged to introduce 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealthA wealth tax on the UK’s super-rich households could raise £10bn a year, according to academics who urged Andy Burnham to...
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