This cost of living scandal was predictable
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Tax the super rich to protect our NHS
We’ve been busy this week. Yesterday we launched research showing how £37 billion a year could be raised through five simple changes to the tax…
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Five policies that could raise up to £37 billion in tax
There is a newer version of this story. We updated our research in March 2023. Read: Six wealth tax policies that could raise £50 billion.…
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Tax extreme wealth to stop the cost of living crisis
The prime minister Liz Truss has resigned. However the chancellor Jeremy Hunt remains in post. Hunt’s ‘Halloween budget’, which is expected to contain public spending…
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Hunt should tax wealth to bring an end to this economic chaos
A string of u-turns by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today should be the death knell for the mantra of tax cuts for big business and the…
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The wealthy and corporations need to pay more tax
£60 billion would be cut from things like councils, benefits and social care if the government went ahead with a second round of austerity. Liz…
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The Tories’ tax cut plans are in disarray
Did you hear that? It was the sound of a huge – and wholly necessary – government u-turn on their plans to cut taxes for…
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Westminster launches ‘war on dirty money’ in win for our campaign
Leader of Westminster Council, Adam Hug (middle), with Mary Patel (left) Fair Tax Networks Manager at The Fair Tax Foundation and Sara Hall (right) Head…
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A cost of living budget, for bankers
The Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, has today delivered an inequality budget – with sops to big business and the wealthy at a time when ordinary…
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Who benefits from Truss’s tax cuts?
The new Conservative government is poised to go on a tax cutting spree. Stamp duty and national insurance will be cut, and a planned corporation…
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A majority of Brits think the monarch should pay inheritance tax
Polling by YouGov for Tax Justice UK has found that 63% of the public think that King Charles should pay inheritance tax on the wealth…
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Tax is a tool for racial justice
This week we were proud to see more than 150 people attend the launch of our joint report Tax as a Tool for Racial Justice…
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Who will pay for the energy crisis?
Today the new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced a huge cost of living support package estimated to be worth £150bn. It will freeze the energy…
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A 95% tax on excess profits could push government oil and gas receipts up to £46bn this year
Correction: We have updated this blog. In our original analysis we didn’t make a clear distinction between the revenue that would be raised under the…
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Johnson and Sunak gave away £40bn to businesses and the wealthy in tax cuts
Business and the wealthy pocketed £40bn in tax cuts under Johnson, while working people pay for pandemic recovery. Analysis by Tax Justice UK has highlighted…
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How much UK tax is evaded via tax havens?
The UK government has finally pledged to expose how much money is lost through overseas tax evasion. A huge £570bn is thought to be held…
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Conservative voters don’t want tax cuts, polls show
The Conservative leadership contest descended into a tax-cutting circus this week. Several MPs vying to become Prime Minister have pledged tens of billions of pounds…
Conservative voters don’t want tax cuts, polls show