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Dave Fishwick from ‘Bank of Dave’ slams the big banks for excessive profits and bonuses while ripping off their customers 👏👏👏

A windfall tax on the big 4 banks - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise £5 billion so far this year.

That’s enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

In just the first 6 months of 2025, HSBC, Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds have made £16.5 billion in UK income! 🤯

Brilliant video from @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social on our windfall tax proposal 👇

In just the first 6 months of 2025 the big 4 banks have made £16.5 billion in UK income.

A windfall tax like the one on oil and gas companies - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise £5 billion so far this year from those banks, enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

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Treasury to hand Bank of England £130bn in next five years in stealth subsidy to bankers As Chancellor looks to public spending cuts, the Treasury is set to give the Bank money that could instead be used to provide grant funding for over half a million social homes

But instead the Bank of England is paying these banks billions in interest. Rather than handing money to the banks, why won’t the government tax them to lift children out of poverty?  neweconomics.org/2025/02/trea... @neweconomics.bsky.social

How the government could reclaim the huge payouts to banks A windfall tax could raise £11.3bn in 2025 from Britain’s big four banks alone, without harming the sector’s international competitiveness.

Since the start of the year, the big 4 banks have made £16.5bn from interest and bank fees in the UK - paid by you. A 38% tax on UK net income as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social would have raised £5bn so far this year: positivemoney.org/uk/update/ho...

The big 4 banks have made £24.1bn in profits in just the first 6 months of 2025. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on their UK income would have already raised enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap, lifting more than 250,000 children out of poverty overnight.

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A windfall tax on banks on banks could raise more than *£11 billion*

That's enough to cover the cost of the welfare u-turn AND scrapping the two-child benefit cap

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Julia Davies from the Patriotic Millionaires calls out lobby groups for the super-rich and backs a wealth tax on millionaires like her 👏 patmillsuk.bsky.social #taxtherich

Former City trader Gary Stevenson on the super-rich threatening to leave the UK because of a wealth tax #taxtherich
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A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £8.6bn from the top 40 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone.

That could cover the cost of keeping PIP disability benefits AND scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

So why make cuts when you can tax the richest?

Kevin Bridges slams cuts to disability benefits and calls out corporate tax avoiders #disabilitybenefits #TakingThePIP

A tiny 2% annual wealth tax on assets over £10 million could raise over £5bn from the 15 richest billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone.

That’s enough to reverse all of the government’s planned cuts to disability benefits. #DisabilityBenefits #TakingThePIP

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A tiny 2% tax on assets over £10 million could raise £4.1 billion from the top 10 richest billionaires in the UK alone.

That £4.1 billion could reverse cuts to PIP disability benefits.

Why cut benefits for disabled people when you could tax billionaires instead? #TakingThePIP

Why would the government choose to cut vital benefits and services rather than tax the richest? And why aren’t the main opposition parties calling for taxes on the super-rich either? Our full Sunday Times Rich List analysis at sharethewealth.org.uk

Even if only UK tax residents paid the 2% wealth tax (though no-one should be able to hide their wealth in a tax haven), taxing just the top 15 billionaires could reverse cuts to PIP.

A tiny 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £4.1bn from the top 10 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That’s enough to reverse cuts to PIP disability benefit. #TakingThePIP

Ricky Gervais calls out billionaires who don’t pay their tax.

Even millionaires support a wealth tax. Check out
@patmillsuk.bsky.social's projection and polling

“A wealth tax that could lift so many out of hardship should be on the table” – Mirror editorial referencing our research

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Why would the government choose to cut vital benefits and services rather than tax the richest? And why aren’t the main opposition parties calling for taxes on the super-rich either? Our full Sunday Times Rich List analysis at sharethewealth.org.uk

Even if only UK tax residents paid the 2% wealth tax (though no-one should be able to hide their wealth in a tax haven), taxing just the top 4 billionaires could fully reverse cuts to winter fuel payments.

A tiny 2% wealth tax could raise £1.75bn from the top 3 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That’s more than enough to fully reverse winter fuel payment cuts.

Cuts to Disability benefits are a political choice, not an unavoidable necessity. The Government is choosing to make Disabled people and their carers pay the price to meet self-imposed fiscal rules, instead of asking those with the broadest shoulders. The Government could do things differently.👇

A brilliant response from @stephenstroud.bsky.social of @patmillsuk.bsky.social to those who say we can't tax the super-rich because they'll go abroad

The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability

The @theguardian.com view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling

A tiny 2% annual wealth tax could raise £1.75bn from the 3 richest billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List - enough to fully reverse winter fuel payment cuts.

The same tax on the top 20 richest billionaires could raise enough to cancel cuts to PIP disability benefits too 🤯