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The Media ‘Manufactured’ Millionaire Exodus From UK, Campaigners Tell IPSO in Open Letter
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Top Gear star furious at Gary Lineker plan for millionaires: A former Top Gear presenter has spoken out against calls for a new tax on the super-rich.
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Key FactsUK Millionaires Advocate Wealth Tax for Fairer Future
Jul 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
- Gary Lineker joined more than 100 UK millionaires calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to increase taxes on their wealth.
- The signatories propose a 2% levy on assets exceeding £10 million, which experts estimate could raise £24 billion yearly.
- Burnham has not ruled out adopting a wealth tax to fund his government's policy agenda.
- The millionaires describe themselves as patriotic and emphasize that higher taxes could reduce inequality and support public services.
Paying your fair share is a basic British value, but so many ordinary people are already paying more than they can afford. Our richest people can do more and most want to. To live up to our national values our new government must raise taxes on extreme levels of wealth for a fairer, better, more hopeful Britain.— Gary Lineker, commenting on taxation and wealth inequality
Raise Taxes on the Rich? These Rich New Yorkers Are All for It.: Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he wants to raise taxes on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million ...
nytimes.com/2026/03/11/nyregion/nyc-tax-rich.html
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich: Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos ...
theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/21/millionaires-billionaires-taxes-super-rich-mark-ruffalo-wef-davos
Majority Of Surveyed Millionaires Think Trump Is Damaging Global Economic Stability
forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/01/21/majority-of-surveyed-millionaires-think-trump-is-damaging-global-economic-stability/
Key FactsMillionaires seek higher taxes as Davos convenes
Jan 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: independent.co.uk
- The letter, coordinated by Patriotic Millionaires, Millionaires for Humanity and Oxfam International, was timed to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- A survey of 3,900 millionaires across G20 countries found 77 percent believe extremely wealthy people buy political influence.
- In the UK, the wealth gap widened 50 percent over eight years; its 50 richest families own more wealth than 34 million people.
- According to Patriotic Millionaires, 80 percent of millionaires support a two-percent tax on wealth exceeding £10 million.
OpinionGonzalo Schwarz: America needs even more billionaires fueled by the American Dream, not fewer
chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/opinion-american-billionaires-taxes-fair-share/
BBC Nov 19 25
Millionaires call on Rachel Reeves to raise their taxes in Budget: Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.
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Liverpool millionaire tells Chancellor "tax us more" : Stephen Kinsella is part of the Patriotic Millionaires UK network, who were in the city today ahead of ...
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New York is facing a tougher tax on the rich than the UK - and millionaires support it
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes: Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid ...
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bylinetimes.com Jun 11 25
The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened: The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people ...
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Time for a wealth tax, say Patriotic Millionaires as Rich List shows £772bn in the hands of just 350 families
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rich-list-wealth-tax-patriotic-millionaires-sunday-times-rich-list-b2752300.html
'We Have Been Working Against That': Trump and Johnson Dump Cold Water on Millionaire Tax Hike
commondreams.org/news/trump-millionaire-tax
Want Equitable Tax Policy? Listen to the Patriotic Millionaires, Not Donald Trump
inequality.org/article/a-welcome-new-twist-on-americas-tax-future/
Even Most Millionaires Think the Superrich Influencing Trump Threatens Global Stability
commondreams.org/news/trump-billionaire-donors
Influence of super rich on Donald Trump threatens democracy, say Patriotic Millionaires
theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/22/influence-of-super-rich-on-donald-trump-threatens-democracy-say-patriotic-millionaires
Globally-mobile millionaires threaten to desert Britain over tax - Economy - The Jakarta Post
thejakartapost.com/business/2024/07/19/globally-mobile-millionaires-threaten-to-desert-britain-over-tax.html
Inheritance tax initiative: Are millionaires colluding with Juso?: The million-dollar heirs in Marlene Engelhorn's Tax Me Now association are calling for a ...
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Paid articlePaywall Testimony to UN Panel: 'Tax the Rich. Save the World': "When too much money turns into too much power, it threatens us all," said Patriotic Millionaires ...
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