Osborne’s thrown a javelin through his own foot by failing to make FTT a reality
France has implemented a tax on the financial sector that will raise money to help the poor, writes Simon Chouffot of the the Robin Hood Tax campaign.
France has implemented a tax on the financial sector that will raise money to help the poor, writes Simon Chouffot of the the Robin Hood Tax campaign.
A Robin Hood Tax would be a tiny tax on the vast wealth of our financial sector; by taxing the few, we could do so much more for the many, writes Chris Keates.
A new report by Professor Avinash Persaud takes apart the “disproportionate, inconsistent and disingenuous arguments” against a Financial Transaction Tax.
Jenny Jones argues that by refusing to implement a Robin Hood tax, Boris Johnson is hurting Londoners to the tune of £1.2 billion every year
Tony Burke writes about the calls from a leading German Trade Unionist to introduce a Robin Hood tax in Germany, and to deal with the discrepancy between taxes on earned and unearned income.
David Cameron’s cowering reliance on the City was exposed for the world to see this morning when he refused to sign the City up to a Financial Transaction Tax.
Owen Tudor writes about George Osborne’s panicky response to the Robin Hood Tax, with the chancellor looking increasingly on the side of the super-rich.
Alex Hern covers Osborne’s attack on an FTT, and questions whether his arguments against them are even internally consistent.
Today Dr Rowan Williams came out in support of a Financial Transaction Tax – yet George Osborne still opposes the tax that would raise billions for the poor.
Labour needs to come out and tackle the UK government’s misleading claim the Financial Transaction Tax, aka the Robin Hood Tax, is just a ‘Brussels tax’.