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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 12h

Former City trader Gary Stevenson on the influence of the super-rich over our politicians #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 7d

Energy bills are up 2% from today, after a rise in the energy price cap.

Meanwhile CEOs like Chris O’Shea of British Gas continue to earn huge sums, and energy companies continue to give big payouts to shareholders.

Is that right when most of us are struggling to pay our bills?

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 9d

A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 billion a year to invest in public services.

So why did Rachel Reeves rule out a wealth tax on Bloomberg TV this morning? #LabourConference2025

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 9d

Chancellor Rachel Reeves told Bloomberg TV this morning “I don’t think we need a standalone wealth tax”.

When 75% of the public support a wealth tax why won’t Rachel Reeves back taxing extreme wealth? #LabourConference2025

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 12d

When the CEO of Bet365, Denise Coates, was paid £158 million last year, surely the big gambling companies can afford to pay more tax to reduce child poverty?

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 12d

New taxes on big gambling companies - as proposed by @ippr.org - could raise £3 billion a year.

That’s enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap, lifting more than 500,000 children out of poverty overnight.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 13d

Julia Davies from @patmillsuk.bsky.social takes on Charlie Mullins to call for an increase in Capital Gains Tax in order to fund investment in public services like the NHS #TaxTheSuperRich

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 26d

Making capital gains tax fairer and more efficient, as set out by @centaxuk.bsky.social, would raise £11.5bn: centax.org.uk/reform-capit... (2025 figures here: arunadvani.com/taxreform.html)

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 26d

A teacher on a £40k salary pays more tax than someone who makes the same from selling shares.

Why is income from shares taxed less than income from work?

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 29d

Kevin Maguire says wealthy people are undertaxed and calls for capital gains tax to be taxed at the same rate we tax income from work 👏 #TaxTheSuperRich

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Property investor Graham Edwards donated £260,000 to the Conservative Party in the second quarter of 2025.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch gave him a peerage in August 2025.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Multi-millionaire Bassim Haidar donated £200,000 to Reform in the second quarter of 2025.

In 2024 he left the UK to avoid paying more taxes when the government scrapped the ‘non-dom’ tax regime.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Billionaire Nick Candy donated £500,000 to Reform in the second quarter of 2025, according to new political party donation figures from the Electoral Commission.

In 2005 he moved to Monaco 'for tax reasons'.

Are the super-rich undermining democracy?

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

Marina Purkiss asks why we tax people who work more than people who accumulate wealth #TaxTheSuperRich #WealthTax @marina-purkiss.bsky.social

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Matthew Wright calls out the excuses of the super-rich who say they can’t pay more tax 🔥

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 19

The average FTSE 100 boss earned £4.58m last year, a 7% rise from the year before.

That’s 122 times more than the average UK worker earns each year.

Should fat cat CEOs be earning so much money in a cost of living crisis?

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 19

The new CEO of Melrose and his predecessor earned almost £59m last year, according to new analysis from @highpaycentre.bsky.social.

The average UK nurse would take 1,636 years to earn the same amount.

While most of us are struggling to pay our bills, FTSE 100 fat cats are raking it in.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 6

Dave Fishwick from ‘Bank of Dave’ slams the big banks for excessive profits and bonuses while ripping off their customers 👏👏👏

Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

A windfall tax on the big 4 banks - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise £5 billion so far this year.

That’s enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

In just the first 6 months of 2025, HSBC, Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds have made £16.5 billion in UK income! 🤯

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Brilliant video from @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social on our windfall tax proposal 👇

Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

In just the first 6 months of 2025 the big 4 banks have made £16.5 billion in UK income.

A windfall tax like the one on oil and gas companies - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise £5 billion so far this year from those banks, enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

In just the first 6 months of 2025 the big 4 banks have made £16.5 billion in UK income.

A windfall tax like the one on oil and gas companies - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise £5 billion so far this year from those banks, enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

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We expose the extreme wealth of the super-rich and the profiteering of big corporations.

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

But instead the Bank of England is paying these banks billions in interest. Rather than handing money to the banks, why won’t the government tax them to lift children out of poverty? neweconomics.org/2025/02/trea... @neweconomics.bsky.social

Treasury to hand Bank of England £130bn in next five years in stealth subsidy to bankers

As Chancellor looks to public spending cuts, the Treasury is set to give the Bank money that could instead be used to provide grant funding for over half a million social homes

neweconomics.org

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

Since the start of the year, the big 4 banks have made £16.5bn from interest and bank fees in the UK - paid by you. A 38% tax on UK net income as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social would have raised £5bn so far this year: positivemoney.org/uk/update/ho...

How the government could reclaim the huge payouts to banks

A windfall tax could raise £11.3bn in 2025 from Britain’s big four banks alone, without harming the sector’s international competitiveness.

positivemoney.org

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Share The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

The big 4 banks have made £24.1bn in profits in just the first 6 months of 2025. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on their UK income would have already raised enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap, lifting more than 250,000 children out of poverty overnight.

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