Media Centre
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30 Jun
2011
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Max Lawson and other spokespeople from the Robin Hood Tax campaign are available for interview in response to Barroso’s announcement on a financial sector tax as part of EU budget.
This is a big step forward and shows that a FTT is feasible and does not need to be implemented globally to work.
Yet the UK government is dragging its heels by not supporting these efforts and risks looking isolated. The financial sector is still running rings around the...
29 Jun
2011
For immediate release:
Barroso is expected to table proposals to introduce a Europe-wide financial sector tax as part of announcements on EU’s long term budget this Wednesday 29 or Thursday 30 June.
In response, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“It’s no longer a question of ‘if’ Europe will implement a bank tax, but ‘how’ they will use the money. The UK Government should wake up and smell the coffee. Other...
15 Jun
2011
Immediate release: 15 June 2011
Bankers’ gambling must pay back society – Robin Hood Tax
The Chancellor needs to go beyond improved regulation and make banks and the rest of the City of London contribute their fair share to society, the Robin Hood Tax campaign said today.
Campaigners today set up a giant roulette table in the City of London to protest against bankers’ taking risky bets and lining their pockets with billions in a game where taxpayers had to bail them out...
10 Jun
2011
Photo/film operational note: Bankers’ pop-up casino exposes multi-billion pound swindle
When: 12.00pm, Wednesday 15th June. To precede the Mansion House bankers’ banquet later in the day.
Where: In front of the Royal Exchange, Bank, City of London, EC3V 3LR.
What: A giant casino board, chips and resplendent image by renowned artist Peter Kennard will fill the square outside Royal Exchange. Casino bankers will place multi-billion pound bets on a game of roulette they are...
06 Jun
2011
Embargo: 00.01hrs Tuesday June 7
Banks will take 18 years to repay taxpayers for cost of crisis
If past performance is a good guide to the future then it will take the financial sector almost two decades to pay enough tax to reimburse the UK government for the cost of the financial crisis, according to an analysis by the Robin Hood Tax campaign.
The analysis is set out in a new report There Is An Alternative, released today. It explodes the oft-repeated claim that the financial sector is a...
27 May
2011
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In response to HSBC’s AGM and shareholder anger at levels of pay
Today the Robin Hood Tax Campaign joined angry shareholders and protesters to ask why HSBC prioritises pay above helping those who were hit hard by its casino banking business model.
Max Lawson, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Shareholders were right to rebel and call HSBC’s top brass pay levels obscene. If the bank really wants to live up to their often repeated...
23 May
2011
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In response to Project Merlin figures showing banks reneging on the deal by not lending to businesses
Max Lawson, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“These figures tell us what we already knew – this deal is more Mickey Mouse than Merlin. Despite the Government’s pleading, banks just aren’t taking Merlin seriously. If the Government wants to make banks repair the damage they caused it should introduce a meaningful tax.
“A...
18 May
2011
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In response to Lloyds AGM and shareholder disquiet at size of remuneration payouts
David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“When a loss-making bank, part owned by the taxpayer, doles out multi-million pound bonuses in defiance of the public and many of its own shareholders we are clearly being taken for a ride.
“The government must stop letting banks run rings around them and start ensuring they pay their fair share back to...
17 May
2011
For immediate release:
David Cameron said today in front of the Commons Liaison Committee that banks must honour Project Merlin commitments or risk new financial sector levies.
In response David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said
“David Cameron’s comments show that banks don’t believe Project Merlin is worth the paper it’s written on. If the Government is serious about making banks contribute to society they need to move beyond cheap political...
05 May
2011
For immediate release:
Responding to French bank Crédit Coopératif’s decision to introduce a Robin Hood Tax on currency transactions, Owen Tudor, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“It makes a pleasant change to be able to welcome a bank’s generosity to others rather than criticise them for filling their own pockets.
“Crédit Coopératif’s action disproves critics’ claims that a Robin Hood Tax is hard to...