PITCH TO TAX RICH

SAVED by an estate agent carrying the can for not obtaining a required rental licence, landlord Rachel Reeves's potential 20% tax on rich folk quitting Britain could be a £2billion nice little earner for key public services.

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That the UK, unlike most other G7 wealthy nations, does not already have a "settling-up charge" on assets illustrates how, for far too long, we've operated a wealthfare state, featherbedding multimillionaires and billionaires.