Many of the members of the current government see the rich as cash cows to be fleeced for their money. Trouble is that many of the rich now realise this and acting accordingly:
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said he will not return to Britain because of the country’s culture of envy towards wealth.
The founder of petrochemical giant Ineos and a major stakeholder in Manchester United said “things would have to get better” in the UK before he would consider returning.
“In America they applaud people who create wealth. Unfortunately, the UK has got a bit of a green eye towards wealth at the moment,” Sir Jim told the BBC.
https://archive.is/zFb0W#selection-3383.0-3395.154
I’d be gone if I was quite a bit younger