The Sun: Tax total is £630k

HOUSEHOLDS in the UK cough up an average Pounds 630,000 EACH in taxes over a lifetime, new figures show.

Income tax accounts for Pounds 243,000, VAT takes Pounds 113,00, Pounds 79,000 goes on National Insurance while council tax gobbles up another Pounds 48,000.

The rest comes from levies like stamp duty and fag and booze taxes.

Corin Taylor, who carried out the study for the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "These figures are quite shocking. The Government is taxing people until the pips squeak."