BRITAIN'S biggest taxpayers have been revealed in a star-studded top-100 list featuring Ed Sheeran and the rock band Queen. The fattest tax bill in the country this year was delivered to a billionaire who was charged an eye-watering £340 million, according to the Sunday Times Tax List.
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Sir Chris Hohn, Rishi Sunak's former boss, topped the ranking of individuals and their families - who all paid at least £10 million to HMRC. Born the son of a Jamaican car mechanic, Hohn battled his way to the top to become an uber-wealthy hedge fund manager worth almost £8 billion.
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New entries onto the list for 2025 include the green energy entrepreneur Dalce Vince, the UK's largest pillow manufacturer and a Swansea-based car dealer. Also amongst the new arrivals are a couple who became billionaires overnight, the owner of Stockport County Football Club, the school-flunking founder of CV Library and rock music legends Queen.
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Spots two and three are both occupied by the families behind behemoth bookies. Fred and Peter Done, the sons of an illegal bookmaker who turned the family business legit with their chain Betfred, shelled out £274 million. Denise Coates, Britain's richest self-made woman, co-launched Bet365 from a Stoke car park alongside dad Peter and brother John.
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The family coughed up £265 million in tax last year. Also placing in the top 10 is Sir Tim Martin, who founded the pub chain JD Wetherspoon, Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley. Sir James Dyson is the fifth richest person in Britain, with a £21 billion fortune, and the wealthiest person to make the tax list.
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