Welfare Watchlist: How the government is spying on our bank accounts
12 February, 2024February 12, 2024 Amendments to the 2022 Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill will potentially grant the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) powers to snoop on the bank accounts of benefits recipients, ostensibly to clampdown on fraud. Campaigners have criticised the legislation, arguing it eradicates our civil liberties and right to privacy, dignity [...]
#StopBankingonGenocide: Why are people boycotting Barclays?
25 January, 2024January 25, 2024 UK banks like Barclays are financially complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, standing as the 6th biggest creditor in Europe of companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a day of action on 27th January and mass account closures on 9th February to challenge Barclay’s financial [...]
Giving banks the finger: How switching to a green bank could save the planet
28 September, 2023September 28, 2023 UK banks rake in billions of pounds through harmful oil and gas lending, exacerbating the climate crisis. If you’re looking for a student bank account with a major high street bank, it’s highly likely your money will support funding for environmentally destructive activities. With banks, the Bank of England, and the government [...]
Home is where the mind is: How the housing crisis is impacting our mental wellbeing (and how to fix it)
19 May, 2023May 19, 2023 The housing crisis is a phenomenon that has dominated our socio-political landscape for decades. Our current housing system overwhelmingly favours homeownership and wealth accumulation which has exacerbated the issue - rather than solve it. This has cultivated an exploitative private rental market over-saturated with high rents, overcrowding and substandard properties posing significant [...]
2023 Positive Money Supporter Survey Results
28 April, 2023April 28, 2023 Back in February, we sent out our annual supporter survey. This survey is a great way for our movement to come together and take a step back to reflect on all the fantastic campaigns we ran last year and share bold and creative plans for our work in 2023. As a [...]
How Netflix hit ‘Bank of Dave’ shows banks could work for people and community, not profit
22 February, 2023February 22, 2023 “I want them to tell me why. I want them to admit publicly because I'm not in their club. I want them to say the very people who’ve just lost £500 billion quid are the only people entitled to look after our money.” - Dave Fishwick, Bank of Dave Warning: Please proceed [...]
12 highlights from 2022
31 December, 2022December 31, 2022 2022 has been a big year for Positive Money - whether it's promoting solutions to our housing crisis, running our first local participatory democracy event with a local Council, or exposing the extent of influence big banks have over some of our politicians. We’re working together to reimagine money and banks [...]
Positive Money at The World Transformed
9 December, 2022December 9, 2022 The Positive Money team attended The World Transformed in September to build connections, show solidarity, and encourage people to support our petition to Stop Rishi Sunak Deregulating the Banks. The Black-E theatre in Liverpool provided the central hub for The World Transformed (TWT) where we held a stall this year. The TWT [...]
#HotStrikeSummer: Why people are turning to unions to fight back against the cost of living crisis
19 August, 2022August 19, 2022 “Ask yourself, do you agree that women should have maternity leave? Do you agree that you need health and safety within the workplace? Do you agree that you should have sick pay? Do you agree that you should have holiday pay? And if it's yes, people stood on a picket to fight [...]