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I’d like to ask the flighty millionaires: where is your sense of civic duty?

In their rush to defend the rich, the right have revealed a depressing truth – public service is now optional for the elite

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Apr 09, 2025
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Oh no, the millionaires are fleeing London! Why? Not war, wildfires, water shortages or near-permanent delays on the District line, but because they might finally be asked to pay tax like the rest of us. The long-overdue closure of the non-dom tax loophole has sent right-wing commentators into panic. Britain, they warn, i…

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