End UK non-dom tax status, new TUC boss tells Rishi Sunak

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Rishi Sunak should scrap the non-domiciled tax status used by the wealthy to avoid paying UK tax, the new leader of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has claimed.

Speaking to The Independent, Paul Nowak said Labor was right to focus on the unfairness of non-dom rules, which allow UK residents not to not pay tax on their foreign income for 15 years.

< p>"I fundamentally believe that if you live and work in the UK you should pay your tax in the UK - it's that simple than that," said the new TUC leader, taking over from Frances O'Grady.

"Every penny I earn, and every penny the vast majority of the six million people the movement represents union...we pay tax in the UK. It's the right thing to do," he said.

Mr Nowak added: "It is important that big businesses pay their fair share of tax, including big online businesses. But it is important that people who live and work in the UK, and benefit from living in the UK, pay their taxes in the UK."

The issue made headlines newspapers earlier this year when The Independent revealed Mr Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, had had non-dom tax status while he was Chancellor.

Labour has called on the government to abolish no-doms and use the money raised to train a new generation of NHS staff, but Mr Sunak says the move would cost the government money by sending more people rich overseas.

However, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was later forced to admit he was unsure how many dropouts the loophole might raise.Treasury officials received the order to look at the numbers.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said its "best is imation" is that scrapping the measure would bring in around £3billion a year.

Meanwhile, the new TUC leader says Labour's "sustainable" lead in the polls meant that it seemed likely that Sir Keir Starmer c...