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What's The Bank Windfall Tax: UK Major Banks' Shares Tumble Following Calls to Tax Bank Profits

UK bank shares fell after IPPR proposed a 'QE reserves income levy' that could raise about £8bn a year by taxing windfalls from Bank of England reserves, reviving a Thatcher-era idea and sparking warnings from lenders about growth and competitiveness.

International Business Times UK · Aug 29, 2025

Police warn protesters not to travel to Epping after asylum hotel ruling – as it happened

Home Office and Bell hotel owner challenged injunction granted to council that would have stopped dozens of asylum seekers being housed there

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

Treasury should tax big banks on quantitative easing windfalls, argues thinktank

IPPR says Rachel Reeves should also urge Bank to halt bond sales to reduce government losses of £22bn a year

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Why is Spain’s inflation so much lower than the UK’s? Because it stood up to business

The reliance on Bank of England rate rises alone can’t go on. In other countries, rent caps and excess profit taxes are working, says the IPPR’s Carsten Jung

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers not inflationary – think tank

The Institute for Public Policy Research says public sector staff should be offered a 10.5% rise.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

Jeremy Hunt’s austerity budget: necessity or political choice?

The chancellor insists Britain has to ‘live within its means’ – but many economists say painful cuts are neither inevitable nor proven to work

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022

Rishi Sunak warned against return to austerity with public spending cuts at next mini-Budget OLD

Think tank finds PM has ‘fiscal space’ to deliver support totalling billions in cost of living crisis

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022