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Taxes like Air Passenger Duty are a fair way to reduce carbon emissions
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This Cut and Run Budget doesn’t address the UK’s real problems
On 6 March Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget. The Chancellor stood up in the House of Commons and said that those with the broadest…
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The Budget is a tax-cutting sideshow
Next week the chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Budget. There’s been an endless back-and-forth in the media. Will he cut taxes? Which taxes will…
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Rishi Sunak pays the same rate of tax as a teacher
Every so often we put out a story that really explodes in the media. This happened to us last week when over 900 newspapers and…
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The Prime Minister pays the same rate of tax as a teacher
Every so often we put out a story that really explodes in the media. This happened to us last week when over 900 newspapers and…
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Should companies pay more tax on their profits?
The NHS and other public services are facing existential crises. It’s clear to any patient trying to get a GP’s appointment, stuck on a waiting…
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What’s the scale of tax relief abuse?
The UK spends hundreds of billions of pounds a year on tax reliefs. But a new report suggests that the government doesn’t have a clear…
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Why isn’t HMRC prosecuting companies that enable tax evading?
HMRC hasn’t prosecuted a single company for enabling tax evasion in six years, a new investigation found this week. The tax authority was given criminal…
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Meetings of the rich and powerful
Photo by Evangeline Shaw on Unsplash This week some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential decision-makers are meeting in the Swiss Alps resort of…
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We need to bang the drum even louder for fair taxes in 2024
Happy New Year from the team at Tax Justice UK Despite inflation figures falling, food prices are still far too high, bills remain unaffordable for…
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Our public services will need £140 billion more by 2030. Here’s where it can come from
It sometimes feels like we’re living in a vacuum of political leadership. Crises batter the UK from all sides, from our struggling NHS to crumbling…
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The world took a step towards ending tax avoidance
£3.8 trillion of tax will be lost to tax avoidance globally over the next decade, Tax Justice Network estimates . A lot of this is…
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The Chancellor has no plan to fix broken Britain
In recent months rumours swirled that Jeremy Hunt would use the Autumn Statement to abolish or at least cut inheritance tax. And we were listening.…
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Close 5 tax loopholes to raise over £7 billion a year
The government could raise over £7 billion a year for vital public services by closing unfair tax loopholes, according to new Tax Justice UK research…
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What are oil companies doing with their huge profits?
Our climate is changing before our eyes. Flooding has killed seven people and forced hundreds more from their homes in the UK in recent weeks.…
What are oil companies doing with their huge profits?