Extract from Estimates day debate on HM Revenue and Customs - July 7
Wednesday, 8 July 2020 08:08
Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):...During the last decade of
austerity, the richest 1,000 people in the UK increased their
wealth by 183%. Aggregate private wealth is now over six times our
GDP. We therefore welcome the serious academic research under way
on how a UK wealth tax would work. That research is being carried
out at the London School of Economics and the Centre for
Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy at the University
of Warwick alongside the Institute for...Request free trial
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