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James May rejects wealth tax as millionaires beg Burnham to tax them

Summary by Business Matters
James May has become an unlikely dissenter in the row over taxing Britain’s richest, breaking with the 120 UK millionaires, Gary Lineker among them, who have urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to raise taxes on wealth like theirs. The former Top Gear presenter told LBC he “already pays loads of tax” and that anyone keen to hand over more can simply do so. It is a spat with real stakes for smaller firms, because the campaign the millionaires are b…
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In an open letter, figures such as music producer Brian Eno and former footballer Gary Lineker asked the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to raise the taxes to the richest: "We can pay it." 120 millionaires in the UK signed an open letter asking the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to raise the taxes [...] The UK ticket: more than 100 millionaires ask to raise their taxes was first published in Pausa.

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Business Matters broke the news on Friday, July 24, 2026.
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