Hat tip High Pay Centre and brilliant cartoon which I cannot remember source.
“We have estimated that FTSE 100 CEOs’ earnings for 2024 will surpass the median UK worker’s full time annual salary tod…Read more…
A Merry Christmas for the Very Rich
Check out this seasonal message from the ONS wealth data via TUC TouchStone
ONS wealth data: The rich just got considerably richer
18 Dec 2015, by Geoff Tilyin Economics In cash terms the top 10% now own £5.0 trillion of UK total household wealth, according to the latest ONS wealth and…Read more…
The amount of cash benefits to rich has gone UP since recession
You don’t have to be a raving leftie to think this is completely wrong and bonkers.
Inequality Briefing have found that the “Between 2007 and 2013, cash benefits paid to the richest fifth of the population increased by 42%. For the poorest fifth, be…Read more…
80 Richest Own Same Wealth As Half The World
How on earth did we allow this to happen? Read more…
Mansion tax would affect just four families in every thousand
If you own a £2million home you can afford to pay the Mansion Tax to help save the NHS. As Ed said it’s Pure and Simple.
Amazing that the Tories think its okay to throw poor people out of their homes if they can’t pay the bedroom tax but want rich millionaires to to pay less income and…Read more…