Tax in the UK is the highest it’s been since 1945. That’s well understood – but another trend has been largely missed: the number of taxes in the UK is at its highest since the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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We don't need to worry about turning into France - at least not for 200 years. But we should worry why we're not more like Germany. And we could start by abolishing unnecessary and duplicative taxes.

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The UK now has 90 taxes (more than any time since 1843). Germany raises more tax than the UK, but with only 60 taxes. France raises a bit more than that, but has 348. What's going on? And what can we learn?

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Top marks to @mykl.sparkle.blue for spotting that UK state had a secret 200-year project to hide an image of St Paul's in its tax data:

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On the grounds that there’s no bad time to share this video of a squirrel having a jolly good go, here’s this video of a squirrel having a jolly good go

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