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For most of this century, the UK – and London, in particular, was one of the most popular places for super rich in the world to live, work and play.
The UK’s approach during this period was best summed up by Peter Mandelson, Senior Labor Minister Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s work, and now the UK Ambassador to the United States. In 1998, he told a group of business executives Silicon Valley: “We are intensively relaxed in making people get rich while they pay taxes.”
However, this is now changing because wealthy runs in new tax mode, with potentially serious consequences for the country.
It may have started when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and hundreds of Russian oligarchs left the UK after the sanction. It itself was significant; Aston Chase, a real estate agent, estimated that at the time of the invasion, about 150,000 Russians lived in “Londongrad”, who owned 1.1 billion dollars (1.5 billion) residential real estate.
But it was a specific Russian issue, and other than those who made a profit from Russian activity, few mourned their departure.
On the eve of the general election, when Jeremy Hunt began to change more broadly, when Jeremy Hunt, then Chancellor Cash, sought to steal the clothes of his opponents in his budget on March 2024.
It announced that from April 2025 the UK will be cancel the so -called status’ no .
It was a flagship labor policy, and the Labor made hay from the fact that Akhat Murti, the wife of India Rishka, a former Prime Minister, was one of about 74,000 people who used no, in 2022-23 (the last tax year).
Hunt claimed to replace the status that is not a lady, to his “simpler, residence systems” will lead to 2.7 billion pounds annually. The main thing, however, he decided not to summarize the foreign assets located in offshore trusts that are not inherited in the UK.
When Labari last July last July, the recently appointed Chancellor Rachel Rivz decided that she needed to keep the party leadership on the matter. So she canceled the release On the offshore trust – potentially exposing all the global wealth of these people by 40%.
Over the night, it turned the UK from one of the most attractive places for the richest people in the world into one of the most expensive places in the world.
The result was the outcome of the super rich.
Abundant
It’s hard to know exactly how many people are left. The New World Wealth Analytical Firm and the Henley & Partners Migration Advisers offered in March this year, so that Britain lost a clean 10,800 millionaire migration in 2024, which is 157% for 2023 or more than any country except China.
Some challenge these figures, including Stephen Kinsel, a legal advisor and a member of the UK, a non -partisan British millionaires that calls on a wealth tax. He recently told me that the figures were an extrapolation based on the number of people on LinkedIn, who said they had left.
He added: “There are about 3 million million in Britain, so even if there are 10,000, it will be about 0.3% millionaires.”
Last week, Henley & Partners and New World Wealth published a new report, which predicted that 16,500 million would leave the UK this year, more than twice as expected, representing the highest pure outflow of people with a high network from any country because it started monitoring the migration of millionaires 10 years ago.
The street scene in the Old Bond -Rate, Meifer, London, UK.
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Although the actual figures will not be known until the UK tax authorities have thrown the figures, therefore there were many straws in the wind. Lonrez who monitors activity in London real estate markets, assessment In May this year, there were 36% less deals that participated in such homes than in the same month last year. Meanwhile, company House propose Last year, more than 4,400 directors left the UK, and the trips have accelerated in recent months.
Among those who leaving were very high-profile persons, including Richard Gnod, Vice-President of South African origin Goldman Sachs; Naif Saviris, the richest man of Egypt and co -owner of the FC Aston Villa and John Fredrixen, Norwegian magnate. Lakshmi Mittal is said to be a steel billionaire, born in India, who regularly heads the rating of the richest in the UK, weighs his capabilities and is expected to refuse taxation in the UK.
The problem is that now other countries are welcome by the rich hands. These include Italy where gnodde is moving, allowing wealthy foreigners to pay An annual fee of up to 200,000 euros release your foreign assets and income from taxes. However, the main place for migration millionaires is the United Arab Emirates, which are now in Saviris and Fredriksen. The latest report Henley & Partners/New World Wealth predicts that this year it will attract a clean 9,800 millionaire.
None of this has yet appeared in the financial forecasts of the UK. Indeed, the independent office on budgetary responsibility still believes that Riva’s move will attract 2.7 billion pounds of additional taxes a year to 2028-29 years. It is estimated that 12% -25% are not with Doms, which now looks underestimated.
A study published by the Advisory Oxford Economy last September, based on the survey by the Emu and their advisers suggested that 63% would leave for two years after implementation of the measure. The Oxford Economics poll expects that up to 32% of the resignation that does not go out, and on this scenario, and in 2022-23 years, which did not pay taxes, paid 8.9 billion pounds, the policy will start costing Treasury money.
Not only is it taxes that such people could hurt. Thousands of jobs in sectors such as retail, hospitality, legal services and luxury goods depend on the constant presence in the UK. Features of charitable organizations, cultural and sports institutions depend on their intercession and charity. So, there would be a much broader impact than just financial.
Zaponka, the government realized that it had problems. Unfortunately, it is probably too late to lure those who have already gone, along with others who have left because of the introduction of VAT for school fees and changes in agricultural property and business assistance, which exposed the previously released estates and inheritance tax enterprises.
However, the government can still act to stop further departures. The most effective thing to do would be to restore the exemption from the inheritance provided by the offshore trust. This would be problematic for Riva, since the wealth is more popular with the voters of work, even if – according to one poll over the weekend, it hurts public finances.
But the chancellor needs to find some way to retreat without looking too much like a turn. And, if many wealthy people seek to move on time to the beginning of the new school year in September, it probably should not leave it until the fall budget.
– Jan King
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In the markets
UK FTSE 100 Over the past week, the hike up, increasing by 0.3%, but reached 1.2% of the record high in June.
In case you missed it, making cars in the UK fell sharply on the fifth consecutive month In May as winds, including US President Donald TrumpTrading policy has been strongly in the automotive industry.
In addition, the thieves also do their best to make sure that there are fewer cars on the UK – a new study of the royal institute, stated that organized criminal gangs were carrying over -theft in theft – where vehicles are located stolen and sent from the UK for 24 hours.
The Financial Times Stock Exchange Index performance for the last year.
