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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP is endorsing the extended cut of the Robin Hood Tax. This will bring in an eye-watering £2 billion a year from...
More than 50 people came to the launch event at the mayor's office in downtown Dublin.
After a hectic week in Addis Ababa, our director Dave reflects on how a Robin Hood Tax could help the world's poorest people.
As the United Nations marks International Public Services Day, our own government is sharpening the axe
Yesterday morning, in preparation for George Osborne’s annual speech to senior bankers at Mansion House, the Robin Hood Tax got the party started...
At the end of last week, Robin Hood Tax activists demonstrated outside the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of two of Britain’s biggest banks: Barclays...
As we pass the seven year mark since the beginning of the financial crisis, you’d be forgiven for thinking that little has changed in the banking...
Our year started with a bang: we launched Future News, our latest Bill Nighy film. Short, funny and informative – it has now been watched more than...
While the Australian Government is threatening to raise VAT and is embarking on the privatisation of public health services, world leaders are...
Last week, we were invited to take part in this year's Blog Action Day - a day where thousands of the world's bloggers post about one...
The room was packed, the atmosphere buzzing. Our fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference was about to begin: Fixing the Financial Sector.
As everyone from the Institute for Fiscal Studies to the International Monetary Fund agrees, the financial sector is under-taxed
Last week, some senior officials from Britain’s biggest banks complained that they were being over-regulated; that newer laws were encouraging them...
Authored by Sophie Baillon, spokesperson for Coalition Plus (a coalition of on-the-ground organisations present in 13 countries across the world...
Last week, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi began his six months as President of the European Council, where he set the agenda for Europe-wide...
Authored by Owen Tudor, Head of the TUC’s European Union and International Relations Department and Spokesperson for Robin Hood Tax UK. This...
This Saturday, representatives from the Robin Hood Tax Campaign joined 50,000 people to march through the streets of London, calling for an end to...
On 6 May, at a meeting of European finance ministers, 10 countries made a historic announcement that they would introduce Robin Hood Taxes (aka...
Yesterday, I went up to Preston, Lancashire to meet and thank the county councillors for backing a UK Robin Hood Tax.
Today a group of European finance ministers reaffirmed their commitment to a Robin Hood Tax, announcing that - as a first step - they will seek to...
George Osborne has just been embarrassingly defeated. Last spring, in response to the progress being made with the European Robin Hood Tax, our...
On her way to the Barclays Annual General Meeting (AGM), it seemed life couldn’t be better for the banker. As she travelled in on a throne carried on...
Authored by Owen Tudor, Head of the TUC’s European Union and International Relations Department and Spokesperson for Robin Hood Tax UK. There’s...
The year is 2024 and Europe has been reaping the benefits of a Robin Hood Tax, with additional funds to fight poverty and climate change and protect...
This week came the revelation that the financial sector was fined just shy of half a billion pounds last year! And yet despite these measures, every...
Sherwooders should know that the Robin Hood Tax campaign is facing a tough opponent – not just from the usual source of the financial sector and...
2013 was a year of progress - with international Robin Hood Tax agreements , civil society activities and hundreds of thousands of supporter actions...
In the course of 24 hours, almost 3000 of you sent a powerful message: demanding that the secret role banks play in Westminster’s corridors of power...
Authored by John Hull, Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in the Queen’s Foundation (a theological college training people for ordained...
Written by Owen Tudor, Head, TUC European Union and International Relations Department and spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign. You...
With Boris channelling the spirit of Wall Street’s infamous Gordon Gecko (proclaiming that ‘greed is a valuable spur to the economy’), it seems...
Right now, at the Global Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland, global decision-makers are holding discussions on the future of the response to...
I was honoured recently to receive the Sheila McKechnie award for the campaigning work I've done with the Robin Hood Tax
It’s been quite a week for the opponents of the EU Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)
During the last two months, almost 6000 of you have written to your local councillors urging them
Over the past week, there have been several stories in the media suggesting that the
This year began with a flying start for the Robin Hood Tax as in January
Last week the top European Tax Chief, Algridas Semeta, went to Washington to make the case for a Robin Hood Tax.
Today we have some seriously good news to tell you! This morning the European Union gave the green light (good choice of colour) to eleven countries...
