Speak out

Opportunities to speak out on sustainability

The Robin Hood Tax

Quaker Peace & Social Witness is one of over 100 organisations backing a new campaign in support of the introduction of a ‘Robin Hood Tax’ (RHT). If implemented this could raise billions of pounds a year to protect public services in the UK, to help meet the Millennium Development Goals and to combat and the effects of climate change.

The proposed RHT, (which is, more technically, referred to as a Financial Transaction Levy (FTL), would take the form of a 0.05% levy (50p in every £1000), applied internationally on a range of financial transactions such as the buying and selling of currencies, bonds and derivatives.  The money raised would be divided with 50% being available for government use in the country of collection and 50% divided equally between climate change adaptation in developing and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Supporters claim that it could raise as much as $400 billion per year.

Find out more and show your support at www.robinhoodtax.org.uk

 Stop Climate Chaos Coalition

QPSW is a member of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition. There are lots of actions to get involved in. See www.stopclimatechaos.org.

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Further opportunities will be added to this page, as we become aware of them.

To contact us with information of events or campaigns, please email Sunniva Taylor, sunnivat@quaker.org.uk.