The Independent – ‘Blairs avoided £300K tax bill on London home’
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The Independent – ‘Blairs avoided £300K tax bill on London home’
The Independent leads on the Pandora Papers leak, focusing on Tony and Cherie Blair. The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife saved more than £300,000 in stamp duty when buying a £6.45m London townhouse.
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