"of all the tax opportunities out there, a tax on banks, I would say, is the most likely thing to happen in a Budget" Great to have @skynewsrss.bsky.social ' @edconway.bsky.social name bank taxes as the easiest thing for Andy Burnham & John Healey to do this autumn! Although one correction...

📢 A windfall tax on bank profits could raise £19bn 📰 "Previous governments have allowed the powerful banking lobby to persuade them against taxing these record-breaking profits, despite overwhelming public support for the policy... Our Co-Exec Director Sara Hall in @theguardian.com live blog 👇

...enough to cover Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills, the £2 bus cap and pub, club & music venue business rate cuts *MORE THAN 13* times over. Call on the new government to resist City lobbyists and #TaxTheBanks now, sign the petition👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

...housing crises - and piling up profits at the same time! If you haven't yet, tell Andy Burnham & his new Chancellor to succeed where Rachel Reeves failed and add your name to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks Article link: www.thetimes.com/bus...

Speculation was rife in yesterday's 📰 #SundayTimes about bank taxes! 💰 Join 67,305 people & sign the petition to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks "The campaign [is] under way by Britain’s biggest banks to convince John Healey, the new chancellor, not to impose fresh taxes on the sector...

🪙 Last year less than £1 in £10 of UK bank lending went to investment in the real economy. Sign-up to redesign our economy today 👉 /bit.ly/redesignecon2

2026 is on track to be the hottest year on record 🔥 Sign up to stop finance destroying the planet 👉 bit.ly/greenfinance2

🚨 Lloyds Bank announced today that it's made £4.3 BILLION in profit so far this year! That's a 23% increase on the same period last year. CEO Charlie Nunn has the nerve to say this is down to "strategy" instead of higher interest rates. Tell the new Chancellor to tax the banks bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

⚡BREAKING: Barclays has made £6.1 BILLION in profits in just the first six months of this year! So, what's the bank doing with that money? 🧵

💰 With banks dishing out *£16.4 BILLION* in bonuses (the highest since the financial crisis of 2008) the cost of living crisis must be something of a fantasy to City bankers...🧐 Add your name to 67,235 and counting(!) and tell the new Chancellor to #TaxTheBanks today 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

Thanks very much for sharing @premnsikka.bsky.social! Sign the petition to tell new Chancellor John Healey to #TaxTheBanks, alongside nearly 70,000 others, here! 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰

New Chancellor, same demand📣 #TaxTheBanks! Prime Minister Andy Burnham & Chancellor John Healey have a rare opportunity to rebalance the scales during a cost of living crisis and implement a policy that won’t cost a penny. Sign + share to tell them to seize the chance now 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

In the face of relentless attacks on net zero, this Government has stayed the course on renewables. This kind of long-term thinking has been missing from energy policy for a long time, and will genuinely bring our bills down in the face of future fossil fuel shocks. Clean energy is cheap energy🌞

It's fantastic to see @tuc.org.uk continuing to fight for a windfall tax on bank profits in the face of huge pushback from the powerful banking sector. As union leaders say, the UK cannot afford to be held hostage by city lobbyists. Tell the incoming PM to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

Banks keep insisting they're not making big enough profits to warrant a windfall tax, but this latest move from Barclays clearly demonstrates just how well they're doing. Tell the Chancellor it's time to tax the banks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

Baroness Natalie Bennett (former leader of the Green Party in England & Wales) has launched a project to explore one of Britain's most powerful and secretive institutions: The City of London Corporation. And she wants to hear from you! Complete the survey 👉docs.google.com/form...

Fixed it 😉 Tell the Chancellor (whoever they may be at the time of the next Autumn Budget) that it's time to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

The US dollar sits on top of a currency pyramid 💸💶💷💴 locking Global South countries into debt and dependency & blocking public investment and climate action. But shifts in the global order are opening opportunities for change. Join next week to learn more 👉 luma.com/ozwxuh1x

Cash is immune from blackouts. Card payments aren't. In a more unpredictable world, we need a reliable way to pay. But if we can't spend cash where we want, this critical infrastructure will disappear. Sign the petition to make cash acceptance mandatory 👉 bit.ly/KeepCashAlive

If schools close this week, someone will have to stay home & look after the kids. The pandemic showed us that "someone" is often a woman. As extreme heat becomes more common, this could lead to a loss of income, something we wrote about for Women's Budget Group 👉 www.wbg.org.uk/artic...

Should the City of London Corporation be left alone, reformed, or abolished? …or don’t have a clue what I’m talking about? Either way, please spare a few minutes to complete this survey ✍️ about the City of London Corporation 👉 docs.google.com/form... For more info read...

💵 The US dollar locks countries around the world into economic extraction and exploitation💲 Join this upcoming webinar to find out how we can start pushing back. ⏰ 12.30-1.30pm UK 📅 Wednesday 1st July Register 👉 luma.com/ozwxuh1x

Big win! 🙌 The Bank of England will apply climate criteria to corporate bonds in its collateral framework🏦🌿 By marking out carbon-intensive assets as higher risk, the Bank has taken a huge step forward in our fight to green the financial system. On Friday, the BoE announced it will…

Bank bosses hitting out at a tax on their windfall profits can only mean one thing: they're rattled. They keep making excuses for why they should be allowed to profit at our expense. None of these hold water. Tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxTheBanks in her next Budget 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

What do a Hollywood actor and a UK political party have in common? Both want influential people to stop promoting risky financial products like crypto. Corporations and billionaires (especially those linked to the crypto industry) are buying influence over our democracy - they have to be stopped.

Whenever we talk about taxing the banks, the response is always the same: "but they fund UK businesses and provide loads of jobs." Yet the evidence shows banks are slashing thousands of jobs and failing to support UK businesses. Tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxTheBanks today 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

We’re proud to join the 76 organisations across the UK signing this joint letter marking 50 years since the UK ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It’s time to make these rights real. #ICESCR50 Just Fair justfair.org.uk/wp-c...

🚨BREAKING - Today HSBC announced that in just the first three months of 2026 it made £6,960,000,000 in profits 🤯 That's money coming directly from the higher rates mortgage-holders and other borrowers are paying, all because of the BoE's rate hikes. We deserve better economic policy than this.

⚡ Lloyds Bank's pre-tax profits for the first three months of 2026 are up 33% compared with the same period last year! If interest rates rise again this week, so will banks' profits. 📢 Join us outside the Bank of England at 9am this Thursday to let them know: we don't want more rate rises!

🚨 Barclays announced today that it made £2.8 billion in profits in just the first three months of this year. If the Bank of England raises rates on Thursday, bank profits will soar even higher, which is why we'll be outside at 9am, urging them not to do this. Please do come along and join in 📢