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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘No loopholes’: Readers demand watertight wealth tax after millionaires’ letter to Andy Burnham

More than 100 British-based millionaires, led by Gary Lineker, have written to Andy Burnham urging him to tax their wealth more, telling the new prime minister “we can afford it.”

Independent readers largely agreed, with almost four in five backing a wealth tax on the super-rich in our poll.

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