But it isn’t just Jeff Bezos who avoids paying income tax. Why are we letting billionaires across the world get away with paying so little tax? #taxthesuperrich
Economist @gabriel_zucman explains how Amazon boss Jeff Bezos paid no income taxes in 2011 despite being worth around $18 billion at the time. Instead, Bezos filed for and received $4000 worth of ‘family benefits’ due to low income 🤯 #taxthesuperrich
A 2% wealth tax on just the richest 15 families in the UK could raise over £5bn a year.
That could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year using @jrf_uk's Rising Block Tariff proposal.
Check our our full Sunday Times Rich List analysis at https://t.co/8iCJsIcG3I
Taxing the wealth of billionaires like Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Christopher Harborne could raise huge sums to help people struggling to warm their home or pay their bills.
Our full Sunday Times Rich List analysis at https://t.co/WXnPuSJLxB
A tiny 2% annual wealth tax could raise over £5bn a year from the top 15 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone.
That could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year using @jrf_uk's Rising Block Tariff proposal.
So why isn't the government doing it now?
The 350 richest in the UK now hold £784Bn— more than the UK spends annually on healthcare, education, housing, defence & policing COMBINED.
While millions struggle, a tiny few are hoarding extreme wealth. Britain has enough for all to thrive, we just need the courage to tax it.
Millionaires are five times more concerned about doctors leaving the UK than they are about other millionaires emigrating 💸
Our poll also found millionaires are proud to live in the UK, and they're willing to pay more tax to invest in our country and its young people.
BP’s profits have surged to $3.2bn (£2.4bn) in the first 3 months of this year because of the war in Iran.
Meanwhile your energy bills are set to rise by £332 a year in July.
Is it time to tax these excess profits, and use the money to cut bills and support our public services?
Christopher Harborne, who is based in Thailand and holds Thai citizenship under the name Chakrit Sakunkrit, also donated £12 million to Reform in 2025.
When billionaires can donate such huge sums to politicians and political parties, is it time for a cap on political donations?
Crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne gave Nigel Farage £5 million as a personal gift in 2024, shortly before the Reform UK leader made the decision to run as an MP.
Farage did not declare the gift - it was exposed by a Guardian investigation 🤯
Is it time to tax these excess profits, and use the money to cut bills and support our public services? Sign this @taxjusticeuk petition if you agree: https://t.co/MSxAvJLaI6 #WindfallTax
NEW: BP’s profits for the first three months of this year have more than doubled to £2.4 billion because of the war in Iran.
Meanwhile your energy bills are set to rise by £322 a year in July.
Trumpflation means you get poorer and billionaires get richer.
Sign this @taxjusticeuk petition to raise taxes on companies profiteering from the Iran War: https://t.co/MSxAvJLaI6
Trumpflation is making you poorer but making billionaires richer:
🥫Prices up, from petrol to food
🏠Mortgage rates up
💊NHS drug costs up
Donald Trump is helping his friends make billions while you struggle to pay the bills.