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I am from England and happen to personally know many people close to Rabbi Mirvis and have personally met him a few times. On every shaila in halocha, such as this one, he refers to the London Beis Din, all of whom are outstanding talmidei chachomim, each of whom i have spoken to on several occasions. In response to one of the above points about entering a beis avoda zara, the proof from Chana and her seven sons is not followed lehalacha, except in a שעת השמד, see Y.D. 157:3. The current reality in the uk is not a שעת השמד. It seems that this was also the psak of Botei din in London in the past
The Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat 369) quotes verbatim from the Rambam that one is obligated to pay taxes both in Eretz Yisroel as well as in other countries. Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l undoubtedly knew this and can’t have said as is reported above.