Every month we have a political circus around how much the government is borrowing. But borrowing doesn't have to be scary - it's responsible for a government to borrow for investments which will improve our lives and benefit us all in the long run. THREAD >

"The public are being misled. A strong economy needs investment. You wouldn’t wait until a patient has recovered before you treat them - it’s just as misguided to wait until our economy is thriving before we invest in it." Our CEO Danny Sriskandarajah in The Guardian theguardian.com/business/live/…

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The PM says he’s got tough decisions to make, but a 2% wealth tax on the super-rich (us) wouldn’t be tough. A small tax on assets over £10M won’t hurt anyone’s wealth but will benefit everyone. It’s common sense for a fairer, stronger economy. #WealthTax #FairEconomy

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Responding to the Prime Minister's speech today, Tax Justice UK Executive Director Robert Palmer said: "A fairer tax system that asks the super-rich and wealthiest companies to contribute more is the medicine that Starmer's government can prescribe to revive Britain's economy.

This week’s newsletter The i paper - there are lots of ways that the government could pay for higher social rents that actually covered landlords’ costs without increasing borrowing if they needed to… ft. rachelle_earwaker Darren Baxter-Clow and Aydin Dikerdem inews.co.uk/news/housing/w…

At the upcoming Budget, increasing taxes on the very wealthiest will be a fair way to raise urgent revenues to invest in the public services we all rely on. Hear more of what I had to say on Nick Ferrari's LBC show this morning 🔽

🇬🇧 | NEW REPORT: The UK's tax system is fuelling regional inequality. Taxing income more than we tax wealth disproportionately benefits those in the South. This new report sets out a serious of reforms to overhaul our tax system. ippr.org/articles/suppo…

BREAKING: The UK gov't has rightly recognised that approving the Rosebank oil field without taking into account the full extent of its climate impacts was unlawful. It has conceded that argument in our & Greenpeace's legal challenge against the field. So what does that mean? 🧵

Interesting new research showing that the wealthy don't want to tax havens, which are seen as "too sleepy, too bereft of cultural activities and, ultimately, too boring for the rich" ft.com/content/42327e…

More hardship and hollowing out of public spending are the very last thing Scotland needs when economic inequality is rising, poverty rates are stubbornly high and climate change targets are crumbling. Our response to the statement in Scottish Parliament by Shona Robison MSP ⬇️

Wealthy Brits must pay more tax to build a fairer, better Britain - ⁦Paul Nowak⁩ mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Adrian Ramsay from the Green Party making the point that the Labour govt is choosing not to introduce a wealth tax at the same time as choosing to scrap the universal winter fuel allowance for pensioners.

the idea of 9,000 millionaires leaving Britain sounds dramatic until you remember there are 2,849,000 millionaires in this country it’s literally a rounding error given the ebb and flow of migration

Why are we making the choice to pit pensioners against workers? I'm calling on The Labour Party to change course and look at introducing a #WealthTax and borrow to invest for British industry. ⤵️

EU court rules Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes ft.com/content/d6b7d0…