Probably not for much longer, given the rather interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexplained_wealth_order
Probably not for much longer, given the rather interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexplained_wealth_order
They also reserve the right to investigate crimes and compel cooperation with investigation.
From the primary source linked by that Wikipedia article:
A UWO requires a person who is reasonably suspected of involvement in, or of being connected to a person involved in, serious crime to explain the nature and extent of their interest in particular property, and to explain how the property was obtained, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the respondent’s known lawfully obtained income would be insufficient to allow the respondent to obtain the property.
So if you're a known associate of, say, a mobster, and your income tax documents say you made £100k last year, but you suddenly had £2m cash to spend on a choice piece of real estate with no record of you taking out a mortgage or other loans, yeah, they're going to want you to explain where that money came from, and the law gives them the option to compel you to do so. This is how the rule of law is actually supposed to work!