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10 Feb
2012
For immediate release:
David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Bob Diamond can only be hiding his bonus because he fears it will look unreasonable to most ordinary people. His potential pay package alone would keep hundreds of nurses and teachers in jobs.
“When even in a bad year Barclays reports nearly £6 billion in profit, it’s clear the banking sector is protected from the long-term consequences of their risky behaviour, whilst ordinary...
08 Feb
2012
For immediate release:
David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“It is high time the Government moved beyond rhetoric and token gestures and took concrete steps to tackle City excess.
“It will take more than warm words in the Commons to ensure banks pay to repair the damage done to our economy and society.”
Contacts:
Simon Chouffot: 07725 879 580 simon@robinhoodtax.org.uk
Jon Slater: 07876 476 403 jslater@oxfam.org.uk
Notes to editors...
31 Jan
2012
For immediate release:
In response to Fred Goodwin losing his Knighthood, Simon Chouffot, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“This is clearly the right decision, but removing one man’s gong won’t repair the damage done to our economy by the financial sector.
“We need our leaders to move beyond tokenism, tackle the unjust financial rewards still rampant in the City, and ensure the sector pays its share to help people hit by the economic crisis....
30 Jan
2012
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David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“We’re delighted that public pressure has trumped Government inaction and has persuaded Mr Hester to give up his bonus. But RBS is just the tip of the iceberg and we cannot rely on the consciences of bankers to relinquish their excessive pay.
“If the Government is serious about reining in the banks, it must go beyond rhetoric and take concrete action to ensure the financial sector pays...
27 Jan
2012
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Responding to RBS confirming the size of Stephen Hester’s bonus, Simon Chouffot, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Hester’s £1m bonus, and his even fatter pay packet, aren’t going to look like ‘restraint’ to most people.
“But state-owned RBS is just the tip of the iceberg – having heard our economy has shrunk again, it’s beyond belief the Government is letting other City fat cats off the...
26 Jan
2012
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David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Cameron is guilty of using dodgy statistics and bad economics to justify his opposition to an FTT that would ensure the City pays to repair the damage it has caused.
“Cameron has confused the interests of the Square Mile with the interests of Britain as a whole and is turning down billions that could protect schools, hospitals and jobs.”
The European Commission has explicitly stated...
19 Jan
2012
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David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“If the Prime Minister is serious about popular capitalism he should be supporting international efforts to make banks pay their fair share and not blocking them.
“Cameron can call for pay restraint all he likes but people won’t believe they are getting a fair deal until the money currently used to feather bankers’ nests is put to better use.”
Contacts:
Simon...
18 Jan
2012
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David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“When even in a bad year each Goldman employee pockets an average of $367,000 – nearly ten times the average UK salary – it’s proof that banks live in a parallel universe to the rest of us.
“Governments should bring banks back down to earth and ensure this money is used to help not those who caused the financial crisis, but those feeling its effects.”
Contacts:...
17 Jan
2012
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Spain’s new centre-right Prime Minister – Mariano Rajoy – yesterday backed Nicolas Sarkozy’s Financial Transaction Tax plans. With Italy, France and Germany already in support, the UK is now the only centre-right Government amongst Europe’s five biggest economies not to back the tax.
David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Governments across the political spectrum understand it is a matter of fairness that...
09 Jan
2012
For immediate release:
1) Merkel and Sarkozy reiterated their support today for a Financial Transaction Tax during bilateral press conference:
In response, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“Merkel and Sarkozy were on the money again today – backing a tax that would make banks pay for the damage they have caused.
“Not so on this side of the Channel, where Cameron turned down billions in revenue, opting instead to protect the vested...