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Voices of the 1%


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    'It's a game I play to win': how the top 1% really feel about paying tax

    After revelations about offshore wealth in the Paradise Papers and the IMF coming out in favour of higher taxes for the rich, we ask some of Britain’s top earners if they feel they pay their fair share
  • Eighteen of the world’s 24 key offshore tax havens have a current or past dependence to the UK, including the British Virgin Islands.

    'Disgusting and astonishing': how do the UK's top 1% view tax avoidance?

    As a new study names the UK as one of the main conduits for corporate tax avoidance, we ask members of Britain’s highest pay bracket for their insights
  • A composite image of Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

    'Robotic' May vs 'principled' Corbyn: the UK's top 1% give their election verdicts

    For the latest in our ‘voices of the 1%’ series, we asked (Guardian reading) members of Britain’s top income bracket for their views on the 2017 election campaign. Here’s an edited selection of their responses
  • Workers in London’s financial district.

    Voices of the UK 1%: 'I should be taxed more. Maybe other well-paid people feel the same'

    We asked people in Britain’s top 1% about their pay levels. With Labour pledging to raise the tax rates of top earners, how do they really feel about paying more?
  • The report suggests attitudes to pay among City of London workers are skewed by the proximity of the super-rich.

    Voices of the 1%: how do Britain's highest earners feel about their income?

    A new study sheds rare light on attitudes to wealth and inequality among the UK’s top 1% – and reveals that even when you’re rich, you can still feel disadvantaged by ‘vast income inequality’
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