Wednesday, March 30, 2016
For immediate release.
In response to the European Banking Authority's report on remuneration practices and high earners, David Hillman, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, said:
“With the recent count of millionaire bankers in the City now at 3,000, the UK boasts more than three times as many fat cat financiers as the rest of Europe combined.
“This trend for bumper pay packets is getting worse each year and for those on the sharp end of an unfair Budget such astronomical rewards must appear outrageous in the extreme. The Government needs to rein in such excess – a financial transactions tax would be a good start".
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Asha Tharoor 07813 688680 [email protected].
Notes to editors:
The European Banking Authority report on remuneration has found that the number of high-earners in the EU increased significantly, from 3 178 in 2013 to 3 865 in 2014, corresponding to a 21.6% increase on the previous year (the majority of whom are based in the UK): http://www.eba.europa.eu/-/eba-reports-on-high-earners-and-the-effects-o...
The Robin Hood Tax campaign is a coalition of 120 UK organisations including Barnardo’s, Comic Relief, Oxfam, Friends of the Earth, Stamp Out Poverty and UNISON: www.robinhoodtax.org.
The campaign has more than 250,000 supporters and is endorsed by over 1,000 economists.
The campaign is calling for financial transaction taxes to help tackle poverty and climate change, at home and abroad.