BRITAIN’S poorest families pay a higher share of their income in tax than the richest, new figures showed yesterday as shameless Tories clamoured for a second tax cut for millionaires.

The richest fifth of the population had an average income of £80,800 before taxes and benefits last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

That’s 15 times more than the meagre £5,500 earned by the poorest fifth of households.