Make Them Pay

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it. On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government: ✅ Tax the super-rich ✅ Protect workers, not billionaires ✅ Make polluters pay Spread the word today!

BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank’s owner @Equinor has just announced £4.8 billion in profit from the past 3 months alone. Equinor makes billions, year after year, from keeping us hooked on oil and gas and wrecking the climate. They profit. We pay the price.

🌍 Be part of the global days of action to take our future back into our hands ✊ 📍 If you're in the UK, join us in London on Saturday 20 September to #MakeThemPay 💷 Sign up for more info here: makethempay.org.uk

Government's pension age review shows once again that it would rather target ordinary working people than make the super-rich pay their fair share. #MakeThemPay independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Writing for @LSEInequalities, our co-founder @ProfKEPickett gets right to the heart of the issue: people and planet need us to drastically reduce inequality.

This is the reality for millions, especially young people. Pouring more and more of our paychecks into the pockets of ultra-wealthy corporate landlords. This can't carry on. The solutions are clear: Tax the super-rich. Invest in affordable homes. Cap rents.

As we approach the autumn budget, the Chancellor should look to reform her fiscal framework and explore serious options to tax extreme wealth so we can make the investments we need for future security. 3/3

Democratic politics should be able to reduce inequalities and enable equitable development but extreme wealth buys influence and entrenches inequality. Changing this requires forcus @resfoundation @TaxJusticeUK

‘I’ve made millions of pounds betting on this, and I don’t want to be right again.’ @garyseconomics has a wager for @AndrewMarr9 on the UK’s future if it doesn’t tax the super rich.

No one should fear illness because their health system has failed them. When #TaxJustice works, public health thrives. We map out how fair taxation can save lives, drawing from our contributions to Global Health Watch 7. Read more: taxjustice.net/2025/07/21/mon… #UNTaxConvention #GHW7

“Put simply, we cannot afford the super-rich” – Kate Pickett (The Spirit Level) on how human and planetary wellbeing require us to drastically reduce inequality. See our latest #LSEInequalitiesBlog post @equalitytrust 🔗 buff.ly/qU8RLOf

Find out more about how this government should approach taxing wealth in our latest blog: neweconomics.org/2025/07/you-ca…

But we also need this government to build up its capacity to uncover where wealth is hidden. This should include greater investment in HMRC and a modern asset registries, so we know who owns what.

There are some immediate reforms this government could make to make the tax system fairer - like equalising capital gains tax rates with tax rates on income or taxing frequent flyers.

We've built an economic system where it's easy for the very-wealthy to conceal wealth and shield it from tax. We don't even have a complete record of who owns what. But this is a policy failure that can be fixed.

In the UK the top 1% hold more wealth than the bottom 70% combined. This wealth concentration is a problem because it starves our public services of vital funds, it concentrates power in the hands of a few, and distorts democracy.

The super-rich don't contribute their fair share because the UK taxes wages and salaries more heavily than it taxes wealth like capital gains, dividends, or property portfolios. This is a growing problem that Rachel Reeves needs to fix. Here's why & how🧵

There’s plenty of wealth in this country, it’s just in the hands of the privileged few. We’re the 6th richest country in the world - it’s time some of it was shared around a little more. It’s time to #TaxTheRich

"Tax rises probably are inevitable [but…] the chancellor doesn’t need to raise taxes on working people.” Our very own Joe Wright, discusses Rachel Reeves choices on @LBCNews with @VanessaBaffoe.