CEO pay in the UK is spiralling out of control. The median FTSE 100 boss now takes home £4.5 million a year – while millions
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Wealth series 13: Should the UK bring back rent controls?
We talk about food poverty and fuel poverty, but almost never about rent poverty. Yet rent is now the biggest driver of inequality in Britain.
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We need a new Rent Act
The issue of rents was on my mind yesterday, with both a post and a video on the subject. So, last night I did a
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Why only taxing billionaires will never fix the UK economy
Many think a “billionaire tax” could solve the UK’s problems — but there are only 156 of them. The real wealth — and the real
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The wealthy have not gone
As the FT has noted this morning: Fears of a massive non-dom exodus from the UK have been allayed by initial tax data, which suggests
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Wealth series 10: Do we need the wealthy?
Are the wealthy essential to our economy – or are they holding it back? In this 10th video of the series, I examine whether we
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$30 billion or I won’t come to work
Elon Musk has trashed the US government this year, albeit not quite single-handedly, but he tried. Now he is trashing Tesla by demanding $30 billion
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Wealth series 9: What happens if the wealthy go?
People say higher taxes will drive the rich away. But here’s the truth: most wealthy people stay put — and even if some do leave,
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Wealth series 8: Are the wealthy entrepreneurs?
We’re constantly told that the wealthy are society’s great entrepreneurs. Without them, we’re told, there would be no jobs, no business, no innovation. In this
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