No more fiscal favours? Calls to tax super-rich gain traction around world

Super-prime property in London: Keir Starmer promised a tougher stance on non-doms, and an attack on the super wealthy was a central theme in Joe Biden’s campaign. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

Calls for higher taxes on the super-rich are gaining traction and even conservative governments are joining in.

In Rome, ministers in Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing administration have doubled a “flat tax” on foreign income from €100,000 to €200,000 (about £85,500-£171,000) that a previous government brought in to attract wealthy investors.