Why is it that while the UK has 156 billionaires, only 100 people paid more than £11 million in tax? Why are some individuals with a net worth exceeding £10 billion completely absent from the list?

Following significant progress made by the G7 nations on the global minimum tax and the crackdown on multinational tax avoidance, the United States has agreed to remove Section 899 – a retaliatory tax clause against foreign companies – from the Big Beautiful Bill. This move spares UK-based businesses from what could have been an enormous additional tax burden.