Jason Bunting
@JasonBunting27
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Current Advocacy Manager @FairnessFdn | Former MPP @BlavatnikSchool & Parliamentary Advisor | All views my own
Belfast, Ireland
Joined June 2018
Will Snell of @fairnessfdn assesses the UK Budget: “Failing to increase capital gains tax rates and leaving the top tax rate on dividends untouched meant that the very rich were let off the hook”. See more in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
https://t.co/p5FyDVhy3F
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Expert analysis on the 2025 UK Budget. Reeves avoided important tax reforms, with the wealthy still not paying their fair share (income tax, capital gains, etc)
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No child should be going to school hungry. Cara Hunter spoke from the heart during our Opposition Day motion, using her platform to stand up for families under pressure.
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Thanks to @DoddsJane for citing our research in a Senedd debate yesterday 👇 📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards. 🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
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⚠️Content warning: Suicide and mental health 📢Our new report explores how extreme wealth inequality may act as a driver of suicide by undermining the foundations that make life liveable & eroding wellbeing. You can read the full report here: https://t.co/5gEWrbdDVH 🧵
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very proud of the newest Community Britain report, making the case for a type of growth rooted in and delivering for communities huge thanks to @Miatsf @RNBlake @JasonBunting27 @Narayanator @ndrlee @Sachahilhorst and others for time and expertise
Britain’s economy works best when people have a real stake. The Prime Minister said we must “grow our economy from the grassroots.” Our new report shows what that means in practice. Co-operation driving economic growth that lasts.
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What can we learn from previous societies where rampant inequality undermined social cohesion, in many cases to the point of collapse? Read the write-up of our event with Dr Luke Kemp, author of 'Goliath's Curse', with @dhnnjyn and @warstudies👇 https://t.co/g2aWKUNjuA
faircomment.co.uk
A summary of the discussion from our recent event with Dr Luke Kemp, author of 'Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse'
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Impossible to put into words how proud we are of the Bloody Sunday families. For 53 years, they’ve taken on a system that first denied the truth & then tried to run out the clock, desperately hoping that their fight would dim & their campaign would die. Derry’s still with them.
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It was great to be back in Westminster today for the latest meeting of the Fellowship Forum. We were delighted to welcome Programme Advisory Board Chair Darragh McCarthy and honoured to have the Irish Ambassador HE Martin Fraser join us. #SpiritofPossibility
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Nov budget is real chance to move from rhetoric to reality on wealth taxes. In fact there’s nowhere else to go. I was delighted to sponsor a briefing by the Fairness Foundation & Patriotic Millionaires to build support for credible, costed measures to raise ££ & tackle inequality
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The Borderlands podcast was, as far as I could hear, a ‘how not to’ approach to the opportunities & challenges of our future. We can genuinely build something new, together, by being hopeful, honest and by starting the work right now. I wrote about this in yesterday’s Irish News
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Alan Partridge is back and you could help make his new TV series a reality... Watchlist it ➡️ https://t.co/RJqKPJA2JN
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No one in American history ever been more entitled to say "I told you so." than Kamala Harris
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Claire Hanna is the most popular party leader in @lucidtalk poll with MO'N 2nd. Naomi Long’s score has fallen significantly with Alliance/Green voters: she’s now NI's lowest rated. Emma Little-Pengelly’s rating is down more than any other politician's. https://t.co/wPqxvsH8KO
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UK ministers last month praised 5 UK Overseas Territories for searchable registers to reveal who really owns companies – a tool against tax evasion, money laundering, corruption. TaxWatch wanted see how these registers are working on the ground. It's not quite as expected: 🧵
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We are delighted to announce the Fellowship Programme Class of 2026! To learn more about our newest Fellows, you can read about their leadership journey to date here ➡️ https://t.co/zdKXCOHDnT
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🚀 A new report from @IPPR contains insightful recommendations on the need for a serious plan to rebuild opportunity for young people👇 The report cites our 'deep opportunity' concept, a call to tackle systemic barriers holding people back. Read more 👉 https://t.co/QyNuBffWJ4
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Capital gains tax (CGT) has long been one of the most dysfunctional and economically inefficient elements of the UK tax system. HMRC’s latest annual report on CGT, published last Thursday, shows us it still is. 🧵1/6 https://t.co/u5Y7G07uyK
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When world-leading economists argue that the UK needs a wealth tax our Govt should listen. History tells us ambition is possible and preferable; that the UK can be world leading. @Keir_Starmer be ambitious for our country - tax us, the super rich
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PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others
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