What Happens When the Billionaires Brexit

Ultra-wealthy individuals in the UK have been fleeing the country, after sweeping Labour Party tax reforms led to a crackdown on overseas wealth. For the first time, new data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index reveals just how much money is at stake with the exodus.

On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg’s Benjamin Stupples about the UK’s $160 billion problem and the impact it could have on Britain’s economy.

Read more:

• London Takes a Hit as Super Rich Worth $160 Billion Exit UK
• “Taxation and Migration by the Super-Rich” (2025 CESifo Working Paper) 
• Bloomberg Billionaires Index

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Host: Sarah Holder; Guest: Benjamin Stupples; Produced by Julia Press, Julia Weaver; Edited by Paddy Hirsch, Aaron Edwards; Engineering by Emma Munger.

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