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A Budget of broken promises that taxed workers & spared the super-rich

Britain’s economy needed a total renovation. With the Autumn Budget, the government delivered a quick paint job that barely hides the cracks

2025 Budget Comment

Press release: leading organisations call for wealth taxes at the Budget

What does a Budget for the 99.9% look like?

A budget for the 99.9%, means investing in our public services, by taxing the billionaires, banks and mega-corporations robbing us blind.

Settling up taxes. Or how to stop billionaires dining and dashing.

There’s a tax that the greedy super-rich don’t want you to know about: it’s called a settling up tax.

Starmer sneers at wealth taxes

Why is the Prime Minister so opposed to a policy that could deliver big on reducing inequality? Isn’t that what he wants?

UK risks £5bn Digital Services Tax loss under Trump pressure

New TaxWatch analysis projects scrapping the Digital Services Tax could cost 5.2bn, as polling for Tax Justice UK shows most voters want the UK to enforce its laws on Big Tech – even if it strains relations with Trump

Leading economists call for a wealth tax in the UK

Who’s afraid of a wealth tax?

Calls for a wealth tax are getting louder and louder, so why is Rachel Reeves apparently not listening? Who’s for and against a wealth tax?

Debunking 5 common myths about wealth taxes

Hello! My name is Faiza Shaheen

It’s my first week as the new Executive Director at Tax Justice UK. What a time to join!

Tax Justice UK comment on Public Accounts Committee HMRC report 16 July 2025

Everyone’s talking about wealth taxes

You’ve probably noticed: everyone’s talking about wealth taxes. But why?

Government could raise £60bn from 10 tax reforms including a net wealth tax

There’s still time to scrap the “Welfare Reform” Bill

Even with the latest concessions, we should all continue to resist the “welfare reform bill” — because it is morally wrong, because it is cruel, and because it is unnecessary.

UK Tax Havens miss third deadline to act

Multiple British Overseas Territories have now missed their third deadline to expose the billions of pounds being stashed away in secret offshore accounts by super rich tax dodgers, corporates, and criminals.