Robert Peston

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5,177 appearances 40 recordings 5 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 9 Sep

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The Rest Is Money · 312. What's missing from Healey's growth plan? · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

I think you agree with me, this I'm not sure whether you do, but you know, w one of the things we talked about, you know, at that live event and we actually talked about it, I talked about it at at length at the on the last podcast, in my own view is he should if if he announced the reform of the triple lock, I think at that point the confidence of investors in the UK, of lenders to the UK government would increase enormously. matched

I do think the interest bill paid by the British government would come down significantly, with and that would have matched

Just so many positive ramifications for the government and for Britain. matched

Anyway, it doesn't seem to be a anywhere near making that uh judgment. matched

So as you say, if he's not prepared to do something as bold as that, what are the alternatives? matched

He's gonna put taxes up. matched

of the reforms matched

that is widely talked about and is widely favored in government and labor cir circles is the capital gains tax. matched

And one of the things that happened at, you know, more or less exactly the same time as uh he was giving his growth-oriented speech is a man called Chris Rokos, who is the third wealthiest man in Britain and and and I think uh uh pays a colossal amount in tax. matched

I think he may be the third largest taxpayer in the UK. matched

So big big he runs a big hedge fund. matched

Big investor. matched

Uh, in fact, I think you and I, when we were at the BBC during the financial crisis, I'm pretty sure we interviewed it. matched

Interviewed him. matched

We interviewed him, yeah, we did, yeah. matched

Yeah, we did, yeah. matched

Back then. matched

Anyway, he's announced that for tax reasons, he is leaving the UK, relocating to Greece. matched

As I understand it, one of the drivers of that is because much of his wealth is in assets. matched

I think a lot of it actually in his own farm. matched

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