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been this idea of changing the taxes on properties.

I hate this shit. I think it's awful. People talk about being asset rich, cash poor.

But if you're sitting on a two million pound house, congratulations. You are rich.

Hello, and welcome to The Rest Is Money with me, Steph McGovern and podcast friend Dan Needle,

who as you know is a leading tax lawyer and investigative journalist.

So Dan, we've got you back to talk about some of these tax ideas that are being thrown around at the moment.

I mean, it's dead interesting this, isn't it?

It's like put them out over the summer,

leak all these ideas and see how people react to it. I hate this shit. I think it's awful.

And I wish they wouldn't do it because we end up with an atmosphere of slight financial fear

and confusion, which I think is bad for the UK.

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