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Labour’s Rachel Reeves signaled that the new British government plans record tax rises on the wealthy and on business.

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s about 20 cricket pitches.

[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Take what you know and multiple. Nice.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 8 months ago

Annual government spending was about 1.2 trillion last year, so it's about 3.5% of that. Alternatively it's about 30% of last year's deficit

[–] ShutUpDonnie@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

It's more than I have in my bank account if that helps.