Nigel Farage vows to hit rich foreigners with mega tax and hand money to the poor | Politics | News
Nigel Farage will announce a Robinย Hood-style tax tomorrow on rich foreigners up to ยฃ250,000. The Reform UK leader plans to impose a one-off payment on newcomers or those hoping to return to the UK.
Labelled as an โentry contributionโ, the law would target non-dom foreigners who live in the UK but pay no tax on foreign income. Reform has consistently attempted to place itself as the party of the working class, with Farage stipulating that he aims to represent the people who โset their alarm clocksโ in the morning. But Labour and Conservative critics have slammed the plan as lacking substance and โruinously irresponsible.โ
A party source told The Sun: โSince the 2008 crash, the Bank of England pumped billions into the economy โ but the working class didnโt see a penny.
โThis is about repairing the social contract.
โFor once, the working class should be getting the bonus.โ
A Labour spokesperson added: โAs ever with Reform, the devil is in the detail. This giveaway would reduce revenues raised from the rich that would have to be made up elsewhere, through tax hikes on working families or through Farageโs promise to charge them to use the NHS.โ
Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride said: โThe British public needs a real plan for putting more money in their pockets.
“Reformโs promises are ruinously irresponsible.โ
Reform UK believes that the scheme could raise as much as ยฃ1.5 billion a year for the UK coffers, which would allow them to give ยฃ600 to 2.5 million low-paid workers annually.
Under the scheme, those entering the UK would be given a โBritannia cardโ which would grant them a range of tax exemptions and would prevent them from having to pay tax on income earned outside of the UK.
Britannia cardholders would still be liable to pay tax on income earned in the UK, and the levy would be renewed every ten years.
Rachel Reeves announced measures in Octoberโs budget aimed at targeting the earnings of non-doms who are able to avoid paying tax in the UK.
However, after serious pressure, the Chancellor is understood to be considering watering down her non-dom policy by easing rules surrounding inheritance tax.
