The Labour Party’s recent pledge to abolish non-dom status may not have received the attention a statement of that kind would usually expect, perhaps as given the current political situation it seems unlikely to feature highly in Parliamentary business and of course Labour cannot enact any policies as they are not in power.

But, this could all change more quickly than anticipated as “there will be an election” most likely before the end of the year, broadcaster Andrew Marr told the audience at Jersey Finance’s Annual London ...