By Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent PUBLISHED: 16:53 EST, 24 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:47 EST, 24 September 2013 Critical: Johnson said well-off Britons should give their wealth to charity rather than passing large homes on to their children Boris Johnson yesterday criticised well-off Britons who buy large houses to pass on to their children instead of giving their wealth to charity. He said the country needed to adopt a culture of philanthropy like that of the US, where there is a ‘culture of giving and being recognised as givers’. Despite owning a large house in Henley, Oxfordshire, and a £2.3million home in a fashionable part of North London, the father-of-five criticised those who ‘desperately’ aimed to amass property wealth to pass on to their offspring ‘for some unknown reason’.
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Mayor of London said Britain must adopt a culture of philanthropy, like US
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Johnson owns a large house in Henley, Oxfordshire, and a £2.3million home in a fashionable part of North London
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Former MP earns £143,911 for Mayor role, plus £250,000 as columnist
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Johnson's comments hypocritical given his upbringing, critics say
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