Wealth tax is critical for financing public services, reducing inequality

Wealth tax is critical for financing public services, reducing inequality

In a country as unequal as South Africa, failing to implement a wealth tax is not only unjust, it is unsustainable.

Wealth Tax Gains Ground With Overwhelming Public Backing

A majority of Britons are in favour of imposing a wealth tax on the super-rich. Plus: Amnesty International has a new report into the networks of conservative groups trying to roll back our rights; French president Emmanuel Macron mentions Palestine in the House of Commons; and Elon Musk’s Grok has turned full nazi. With Kieron Andrieu, Helena @nojusticemtg and Jonathan Portes.…

Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich to help the poor?

There have been modest redistributive reforms, but the party of the workers still daren’t admit that Britain’s rampant inequality needs to be addressed After 125 years of practice, Labour ought to be good at saying why resources should be redistributed from the rich to everyone else. Its founding…