Tag: robin hood tax
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Great article on financial transactions tax
Very quick post to let you know about a great article on The Guardian website, in case you haven’t seen it. Ben Phillips writes about the financial transaction tax and the discussions that are due to take place about it at the upcoming G20 summit. He also talks about the need for campaigners to keep
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Richard Howitt MEP hosts event this weekend on regulating banks
This weekend, Richard Howitt, MEP for the East of England will be hosting an event on the future regulation of banks, after the financial crisis. There will be a speaker from the Robin Hood Tax campaign there. The details of the event are: Saturday 16 October 10am for a 10:30am start – 1pm finish Alex
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Leadership candidates back the Robin Hood Tax
The Labour Campaign for International Development has supported the Robin Hood Tax campaign for a financial transactions tax from the start. We asked all five leadership candidates their opinion on the Robin Hood Tax when we interviewed them recently. You can watch their answers below, and see all five interviews in full here. To keep
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All the leadership videos, here, in one place…
Over the past few days, we’ve released videos of each of the Labour leadership candidates answering your questions. Here are the videos again, in one article. Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the page and tell us what you think of their answers. Could they be better? Do you think the candidates have
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Watch: LCID Interviews Ed Miliband
Today is the last day in our series of Labour Leadership videos. Each of the candidates has answered your questions on camera. Today hear from Ed Miliband, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change. What do you think about his answers? What else would you ask the Labour Leadership candidates? If you’ve still
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Watch: Diane Abbott speaks to LCID
Every day this week, we’re showing you the answers that the Labour Leadership candidates gave to your questions. Today hear from Diane Abbott MP. We apologise for the error in the sound quality – a full transcript is below. What do you think about her answers? What else would you ask her? Let us know
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Watch: Andy Burnham interviewed by LCID
Every day this week, we’re showing you the answers that the Labour Leadership candidates gave to your questions. Today hear from Andy Burnham, Shadow Health Secretary. What do you think about his answers? What else would you ask him? Let us know by posting your comments. Every day this week, we’ll be adding a video
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Watch: Ed Balls answers your questions
Every day this week, we’re showing you the answers that the Labour Leadership candidates gave to your questions. Next up is Ed Balls, Shadow Education Secretary. What do you think about his answers? What else would you ask him? Let us know by posting your comments. Every day this week, we’ll be adding a video
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Watch: David Miliband talks to LCID about his vision for international development
A couple of weeks ago, you told us what you would like to ask the Labour Leadership candidates. We have been to them and asked them those questions and now you can see their answers. First up is Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband, answering questions on, among others, financial transaction taxes, climate change and ring-fencing
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Sign up to Robin Hood’s Saving Challenge
Rather than telling the Government how it can hack at public services to lower the deficit, why not take part in a real debate about how the economy could recover? The people over at the Robin Hood Tax are running the Saving Challenge to do just that. A series of taxes on the banks in
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