More than half of people in the UK receive more in benefits than they contribute in taxes. A total of 52.6pc lived in households that received more from the state than they paid to the Treasury last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Everyone has a story to tell of non-doms or high-rate taxpayers fleeing the country.
At least, this group pay taxes or creates employment. Instead of encouraging international investors, we push them away.
By driving them out the burden of funding essential services will fall more heavily on already struggling and hardworking working people who do give more than they take.
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