Media Centre
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13 Mar
2013
Embargoed: 00:01h Wednesday 13th March 2013
In response to the Institute for Public Policy Research releasing a report (embargoed 00:01h Wednesday 13th March 2013) entitled "Chancellor should introduce a ‘Financial Transaction Tax’ to fund growth strategy", Simon Chouffot, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Here's yet more evidence that imposing a tax on the financial sector that derailed our economy could...
08 Mar
2013
For immediate release:
In response to Barclays paying 428 staff over £1m, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"Barclays top bankers may be celebrating, but these bloated rewards are a reminder of just how out of sync with the rest of reality banks have become.
"If banks can afford to dole out such sums despite being dogged by scandals, they should be contributing more to the society they continue to fleece."
For more information contact:
Simon...
05 Mar
2013
For immediate release:
In response to George Osborne lobbying against the EU banker bonus cap at today's European Council of Economic and Financial Affairs meeting (ECOFIN), David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"George Osborne is deluded if he thinks the public want him to bat for bankers' bonuses when he could be batting for the wider interests of Britain.
"Osborne should be ensuring banks pay their fair share back to society and not...
05 Mar
2013
For immediate release:
In response to George Osborne lobbying against the EU banker bonus cap at today's European Council of Economic and Financial Affairs meeting (ECOFIN), David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"George Osborne is deluded if he thinks the public want him to bat for bankers' bonuses when he could be batting for the wider interests of Britain.
"Osborne should be ensuring banks pay their fair share back to society and not...
04 Mar
2013
For immediate release:
In response to HSBC results and bonuses, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"It's beyond belief that in a year marked by dodgy dealings, 200 of HSBC's top brass are celebrating bonuses greater than many people earn in a lifetime.
"The only way to avoid the repeat spectacle of City excess is to ensure banks pay more in tax."
For more information contact:
Simon Chouffot: 07725 879 580 simon@...
01 Mar
2013
For immediate release:
In response to Lloyds' end-of-year results, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“It can't be right that for the second time in two days a bailed out bank is paying hundreds of millions in bonuses despite making losses.
"Victims of the PPI scandal must wish Lloyds was as quick to pay out compensation as it is to hand out bonuses to its top brass.
“Such gratuitous rewards show banks are out of sync with the rest of...
28 Feb
2013
For immediate release:
In response to RBS bonus announcement and EU plans to cap bankers' bonuses, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"RBS is in danger of putting satirists out of business. In what other industry would a taxpayer owned organisation be allowed to make a £5 billion loss after a year of scandals and still hand out £600 million in bonuses?
"It's symptomatic of a sector that continues to operate by a different set...
27 Feb
2013
Available for interview: RBS, Lloyds and HSBC end-of-year results
Spokespeople from the Robin Hood Tax campaign will be available for interview in response to RBS end of year results on Thursday 28 February, Lloyds on Friday 1 March and HSBC on Monday 4 March.
For more information on our recent responses and reactions, please see: http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/media
Contacts:
Simon Chouffot 07725 879 580 simon@robinhoodtax.org.uk
Jon Slater 01865 472249/ 07876 476403/ jslater@oxfam.org.uk
Notes to...
27 Feb
2013
For immediate release:
In response to Lord Turner's comments at the Banking Standards Commission, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
"When our top regulator says part of the banking sector was a 50 year mistake and that traders still act like they are playing a computer game, we should sit up and listen.
"It's a computer game rigged in traders' favour - win and they pocket the spoils, lose and the taxpayer hands them more credit to...
14 Feb
2013
For immediate release:
Today (Thursday 14 February 2013) the European Commission published its new legislative proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) which is being pursued by 11 countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
David Hillman, Robin Hood Tax campaign spokesman, said:
"The determination of European leaders to make the financial sector contribute to the cost of economic recovery puts our government to shame. Every time fresh details of the tax emerge...