The controversial money fuelling Britain
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
It's that time of year again. The Sunday Times Tax List. So who made it to the top? And is there a bit of a dark side to the list this year?
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Guest: Robert Watts, journalist, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Further reading: The Tax List 2025: the UK’s 100 biggest taxpayers revealed
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| 0:03.2 | So when Nokia dropped by the other day, we had a great conversation. |
| 0:06.3 | Nokia? |
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| 0:09.6 | They have the entire networking portfolio. |
| 0:11.9 | Anyway, I said... |
| 0:13.1 | The Nokia? |
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| 0:27.1 | Someday is here with Nokia. |
| 0:29.2 | Really? |
| 0:34.7 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, |
| 0:37.0 | this is the story. I'm Luke Jones. |
| 0:43.5 | There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes and the Sunday Times tax list. The younger sibling of the Rich List, |
| 0:55.3 | this is the annual rundown of HMRC's BFFs, |
| 0:59.3 | the top taxpayers in the land. |
| 1:01.8 | And at number one, we have... |
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