A group of 120 UK millionaires, including Gary Lineker, has urged Andy Burnham to tax them more. The letter, organised by the Patriotic Millionaires UK campaign group, states: "We want you to tax us. We can afford it."
Lineker and others sign letter
Football pundit Gary Lineker said: "Paying your fair share is a basic British value, but so many ordinary people are already paying more than they can afford. Our richest people can do more and most want to. Our fantastic country deserves all of us to get behind it."
Government response
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds welcomed the offer but said any announcement on tax policy would be made in the Budget. She told Sky News: "I welcome the fact people of good means are saying they want to pay more. They can pay more. There is a link on gov.uk. But look, we have to look at tax policy in the round, and we only make major tax announcements at budgets."
The full list of 120 signatories includes names such as Alexander Alanine, Antonio Amaral, Susan Angoy, Cal Bailey, David Barker, Mike Barnes, Brian Basham, Sasha Bates, Gareth Bayliss, Robin Beal, Derek Bennett, Michael Berners-Lee, Andy Bilson, Jonathan Bloch, Nacim Bougheda, Andrew Bowles, Chris Brown, David Burall, Fiona Campbell, Mark Campbell, Tim Carey, William Carman, John Cossins, Richard Curtis, Julia Davies, Juan Jose del Rio, Nicholas Easter, Stephen Einhorn, Nicola Elliott, Brian Eno, David Farrell, Chris Frith, Dawn Gerhold, Edward Gildea, James Golding, Stephen Gosling CBE, Ian Gregg, Lauren Gupta, Richard Hagan, Vivien Hallebard, Dominic Hamon, David Hands, William Hartree, Carolyn Hayman, Tom Hearn, David Heffernan, Peter Hill, Graham Hobson, Becky Holmes, Patrick Hort, Diane Isenberg, Kristina Johansson, Patricia Johnstone, Susie Jolly, Jenny Kagan, Sunil Kapur, Hussayn Kassai, Colleen Keck, Stephen Kinsella, Ramana Kumar, Jean Latenser, Barry Lea, Nick Levey, Gary Lineker, Bruce Lloyd, Harry Longman, Sam Lupton, Fred Macmillan, Louisa Mann, Doro Marden, Nick Marple, Sophie Marple, Madelyn Martinez, Samantha Mayaveram, Val McDermid, Gemma McGough-Colin, Ben Medlock, Tim Nottidge, Lesley Omara, Charlie Orton, Roy Phillips, Nick Powell, David Pugh, Nick Razey, David Richards, Andrew Richards, Mark Robinson, Sarah Rossi, Georgios Samaras, David Seaward, Mark Seow, Susan Seymour, Anika Sharma, Lawrence Shaw, Alan Sherwell, Paul Sherwood, Akshay Singal, Adam Singer, Geetie Singh-Watson, Guy Singh-Watson, Alastair Singleton, Alan Smith, Nathan Spencer, Heather Stevens, Gary Stevenson, John Stickley, Tim Stumpff, Peter Sundgren, Ben Tibbits, Rebecca Tinsley, Jennifer Tomkins, Willem van Hoorn, Matthew Varnham, Edward Vickery, Suzanne Wise, Phil White, Leticia White, Vicki Wilkinson, Rodney Wright, Barnaby Wynter.
