The Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social
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A registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality. https://t.co/2sZOAKsNWJ
Joined August 2009
NEW: Inequality's corrosive effects reach into every aspect of life. New data from 'The Spirit Level' authors @ProfRGWilkinson & @ProfKEPickett shows inequality's impact on climate, society, and health. Read now:
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A wealth tax doesn't have to just raise revenue: over time, it could reduce the massive inequalities that are undermining our economy and society. Billionaires should not exist!
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RT @YouGov: 75% of Britons say they would support a wealth tax proposed by former Labour leader Lord Kinnock of 2% on wealth over £10 milli….
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RT @Cmmonwealth: Foster care in England is now a business model. Private equity firms are cashing in on vulnerable kids while carers earn….
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RT @CompassOffice: We’re giving a cheque for £800 million to a hedge fund in need. Join the fight for public ownership of water: https://t….
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RT @PositiveMoneyUK: Child poverty, foodbanks, and inflated living costs are pushing millions to the brink. That’s why we joined over 100….
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The world's wealthiest have gotten wildly richer, but the public have seen little benefit from this. This money could end global poverty, fight the climate crisis, and build a better world – instead billionaires like Bezos are using it to hire Venice for a 3-day wedding.
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RT @Cmmonwealth: The problem with privatisation is that you eventually run out of endowments from the past.
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RT @sharewealthuk: A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £8.6bn from the top 40 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone.….
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The UK's welfare system is not generous: spending fell well below the average for high-income countries in the 1980s and never recovered. Leaving people on PIP or UC in poverty is holding back our economy, not to mention the impact on society. We need to invest in people.
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[Extremely loud incorrect buzzer].
The New York mayoral candidate mistakenly believes the economy is a zero-sum game, writes Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute.
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RT @BigIssue: “If we can afford not to have a wealth tax, not to equalise capital gains, or draw on the excess profits of corporate greed;….
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RT @gabriel_zucman: This is big: Spain and Brazil are kick-starting today a “coalition of the willing” to tax the super-rich. The embryo of….
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RT @Cmmonwealth: When Section 21 ends, landlords “would still be able to use unfair rent hikes to push people out of their homes.”. Without….
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RT @NEF: “I think some MPs will rightly just be looking at this and saying, I don’t want to be a politician who is responsible for pushing….
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RT @PollardTom: The updated poverty impact assessment for the disability benefits cuts once again offsets the impact of not proceeding with….
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RT @PositiveMoneyUK: The UK desperately needs a public bank that is laser focussed on delivering for climate, nature and living standards.….
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RT @debtjustice: Tomorrow is UN #FFD4 summit, we joined 20+ orgs in London to say #CancelDebtChooseHope. 54 countries in debt crisis but ri….
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The richest are thriving while we're struggling, and that inequality is undermining all of the UK. Instead of cutting support for the most vulnerable, we should be taxing the rich.
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RT @PhilipCondie: I used the @equalitytrust tool to tell my MP why they have to vote against disability cuts! Tell yours now: https://t.co/….
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