Gary Lineker has joined more than 100 British-based millionaires in calling on Andy Burnham to tax their wealth more, telling the new prime minister: “We can afford it.”
The group, organised by Patriotic Millionaires UK, includes screenwriter Richard Curtis, novelist Val McDermid and ex-City trader Gary Stevenson. Their letter states: “We want you to tax us. We can afford it. We’re not talking about higher taxes on those who get up and go to work for their income every day, but on the very richest whose income is derived from the wealth they hold.”
