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Why are corporate profits soaring in a cost of living crisis?
Oil companies have been announcing huge profits this week. Today Shell reported a £7.6 billion profit in the first quarter of the year. While BP…
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How to use tax to tackle carbon emissions
Tax is being used in new ways in the fight against climate change. On Tuesday European countries voted to create the world’s first carbon import…
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Tax can help us build a better future
Tax Justice UK recently undertook a project to define its long-term vision. We asked ourselves: what kind of country do we want the UK to…
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Austerity caused doctors to strike
This week’s four day strike by junior doctors is a maddening example of how under-funding public services is slowly ruining our country. Junior doctors are…
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Millions pay a higher tax rate than Sunak
The controversy over the Prime Minister’s tax details continued this week with a story in the Times . New analysis from by the Economic Change…
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How much tax does the Prime Minister pay?
On Wednesday the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed how much tax he pays. Sunak brought in £2 million in 2021 to 2022 – mostly from…
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Budget: tax breaks for big business and wealthy do nothing to ease the cost of living crisis
A Budget that gives a £9 billion tax break to the biggest businesses and a multibillion pensions tax giveaway to higher earners is the wrong…
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Six wealth tax policies that could raise £50 billion
The government could raise up to £50 billion by reforming the way it taxes wealth, according to our new research with Patriotic Millionaires UK.There is…
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Brits back an annual tax on the super rich to help rebuild the NHS and public services
An opinion poll by YouGov for Tax Justice UK has found overwhelming public support for an annual tax on extreme wealth ahead of this week’s…
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We need to resist these new calls for corporate tax cuts
Senior Conservatives are again loudly calling for tax cuts in the upcoming budget on 15 March. Three in five Conservative party members want the Chancellor,…
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We need to tackle tax avoidance
The British Virgin Islands – dubbed a ‘ financial secrecy hub ’ by our international partners Tax Justice Network – was this week listed as…
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Another round of tax cuts for the rich?
Liz Truss is back ! And if the media coverage from the last few days is any guide, she’s keen for the Conservatives to get…
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Shell profits double to £32 billion
Energy giant Shell has posted record profits of £32 billion , the highest in the company’s 115 year history. These obscene profits, double what they…
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Where are the billions in missing tax?
It’s been a busy week for tax campaigners. It was reported that the Conservative party chairman, Nadhim Zahawi, has paid a £1 million penalty to…
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Zahawi’s position is untenable – he has to go
News that the Prime Minister has ordered an ethics investigation into the tax affairs of ex Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, is welcome, but will come too…
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Wealth of the super rich balloons by £21 trillion
The super rich just keep getting richer. And calls for wealth taxes are growing louder. Since the start of the Covid pandemic, the world’s richest…
Wealth of the super rich balloons by £21 trillion