Robin Hood Tax
Robin Hood Tax gains momentum – on the continent
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.
Cameron didn’t sign EU deal because it’s not in the interests of the one per cent
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.
Osborne starts to panic about the chance of a Robin Hood 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.
Osborne in public: “I am not against Tobin taxes”; in private: “He remains unconvinced”
Alex Hern covers Osborne's attack on an FTT, and questions whether his arguments against them are even internally consistent.
On the Financial Transaction Tax, why is Osborne on the side of the one per cent?
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.
Miliband and Balls need to be more vocal in support of the Robin Hood Tax
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’.