UK’s Tax Hike Will Trigger Major Brain Drain, Warns Lord Rami Ranger

By A Staff Reporter

Lord Rami Ranger has sharply criticised the United Kingdom’s recent tax policy targeting high-income individuals, warning that it will accelerate the outflow of skilled and wealthy citizens and weaken the country’s economic backbone.

In an exclusive interview with ANM News, Ranger called the decision “a very bad move,” arguing that successful people can simply relocate, taking with them their knowledge, capital and entrepreneurial capacity. Comparing the situation to the post-Partition exodus of prosperous Hindu and Sikh communities from Pakistan, he said nations always suffer when they push away their most productive contributors.

Ranger noted that thousands of Britons have already shifted to tax-friendly destinations such as Switzerland, Ireland and Dubai, where income tax, inheritance tax and capital gains tax are absent. With UK residents paying up to 60–70% in various taxes, he warned that the country risks becoming uncompetitive.

He said every major sector—IT, pharmaceuticals, services and manufacturing—could be hit as companies move operations abroad or outsource work, leading to job losses. Ranger added that when wealthy citizens leave, the UK loses not only income tax but also VAT, property tax and consumer spending, affecting everything from restaurants to airlines. The cumulative impact, he said, “will be bigger than anything the UK has seen.”