The Rich list of the Sunday Times shows that it is time for a wealth tax, say Greens

The Sunday Times's Rich list shows that the extremely rich have to be taxed fairly to save our public services, said the Scottish Greens.

The list unveiled that in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo, the wife of the CEO of Brewdog, James Watt, as the richest person in Scotland under 40 years was created with a fortune of £ 425 million.

The richest person in Scotland as a whole is the Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, the CEO of the bestsellers of international retail clothing and the largest shareholder on ASOS.

He is said to have recorded an increase in the GBP of 974 million and increases its net assets to £ 7.704 billion.

Green MSP Ross Greer said that it is now clearer than ever that a wealth tax must be introduced.

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According to investigations by the tax Justice Network, an annual wealth tax of 1% of net assets of over 10 million GBP could collect by almost £ 10 billion a year and only affect the richest 0.4% of the population.

Greer (below) said: “Last year Labor used claims about the lack of money to justify cuts in the winter fuel payment of the pensioners and the significant support for disabled people.

“This rich list shows this claim of a lack of money for what it is – a lie that is supposed to protect the extremely rich from paying its fair stock.

“This is assets that they could not spend in a hundred life, but with which we were able to finance our hospitals, schools and services that are needed to end the scandal of child poverty. Instead, yachts, private jets and the purchase of land that belong to communities are given.

(Image: Alex Craig) “Future generations will look back on this absurd concentration of wealth and the associated representations of surplus and greed and ask why it was able to get out of control. There is no better time than now to reverse the course.

“This starts fairly with the taxation of the assets and uses the money to build a more fair, environmentally friendly society.”

Almost all of Scotland's richest people recorded her prosperity last year, according to the Times.

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The 76-page special edition of the Sunday Times Magazine reveals the greatest fall in the number of billionaires in the 37-year history of the leader, from a climax from 177 in 2022 to 156 this year.

The number of billionaires has dropped in three consecutive years – but this year's decline is the most sharpest.

Glenn Gordon and Family, who own the spirits company William Grant and Sons, took second place on the Scottish list with a net assets of 6.73 billion GBP.

They followed Ian Wood and family with a fortune of 5.619 billion GBP, an increase of 779 million GBP.

Other remarkable names that appear in the top ten are the brothers Easdale Sandy and James, whose wealth is now at 1.46 billion GBP. The Busgesellschaft McGills Busse is one of its best -known activities.