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High earners are an easy and often deserved target, but imho the real problem is the huge skew in the income band in the UK. Many more people are below the median than above and a smaller group of high income payers (top 25% of income band, off the top of my head) carry most of the tax load.
No doubt Labour is going to try to address that too? I hope it is not just easy soundbites.
In NI wages are much lower, and rent etc. is reasonable so it is do-able. But no doubt there are areas in the UK with low wages (compared to median/average) and high living costs... and London has high wages but very high rents.