X 22 July 2025

“When the top 5% (who pay 50% of all taxes) leave, the burden shifts to middle earners.”

A Wealth Tax on unrealised gains? It kills UK business incentives.

Spot on by Daniel Priestley:

telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…

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