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How much could a windfall tax on banks raise?

Momentum is growing for a windfall tax on banks in the UK, with Italy this week following Spain in adopting one. But there is …

Demonstrators called for no more rate hikes and a windfall tax on excess bank profits London, 3 August 2023 - Members of the public …

London, 27 July 2023 - Responding to Barclays announcement this morning that its pre-tax profits for the first half of 2023 were £4.6 …

London, 26 July 2023 - Responding to announcements from Lloyds Bank and Santander this morning that their pre-tax profits for the first-half …

30 June 2023 34 leading thinkers from civil society and academia have signed a joint statement organised by Positive Money in response to …

The government’s consultation on a digital pound is ultimately a debate over whether the public should have access to publicly issued money, …

LONDON, 6th April 2023 Download the full letter: [pdf] and accompanying briefing [pdf]. Experts have warned that the government’s new …

London, Thursday 30th March The government has today published a long-awaited update to its Green Finance Strategy, setting out plans to …

Responding to the Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates by a further 0.25% to 4.25%, Fran Boait, executive director of research …