Press release: UK Uncut join anti-austerity march
Posted on Sat 20th Oct 2012, 11:00amFor immediate release
Tel: 07706 366687 Tel: 07415 063231 Email ukuncut@gmail.com
UK Uncut are joining the march today against government cuts and austerity. UK Uncut activists and supporters have travelled in from all over the country to join the hundreds of thousands of people protesting against the cuts. [1][2]
Sarah Miller, a spokesperson for UK Uncut said:
’UK Uncut are joining the march on October 20 to show our opposition to the governments cuts to our vital public services. The cuts are economically illiterate and punish the poorest and most marginalised members of our society for a crisis caused by the banks.
Austerity is not an economic necessity, but a political choice. Instead of enforcing their unpopular cuts, the government should be putting their energy into stopping tax dodging by big corporations, like Starbucks, and super-rich individuals.
UK Uncut are planning more exciting and creative protests in upcoming months to keep the pressure on the government and the tax dodging super-rich.’
ENDS
1 www.ukuncut.org.uk 2 www.tuc.org.uk
Tel: 07706 366687 Tel: 07415 063231 Email ukuncut@gmail.com
UK Uncut are joining the march today against government cuts and austerity. UK Uncut activists and supporters have travelled in from all over the country to join the hundreds of thousands of people protesting against the cuts. [1][2]
Sarah Miller, a spokesperson for UK Uncut said:
’UK Uncut are joining the march on October 20 to show our opposition to the governments cuts to our vital public services. The cuts are economically illiterate and punish the poorest and most marginalised members of our society for a crisis caused by the banks.
Austerity is not an economic necessity, but a political choice. Instead of enforcing their unpopular cuts, the government should be putting their energy into stopping tax dodging by big corporations, like Starbucks, and super-rich individuals.
UK Uncut are planning more exciting and creative protests in upcoming months to keep the pressure on the government and the tax dodging super-rich.’
ENDS
1 www.ukuncut.org.uk 2 www.tuc.org.uk
Join UK Uncut on the 'No cuts, no tax-dodging' bloc at the TUC march in London this Saturday!
Posted on Mon 15th Oct 2012, 8:33pm
Join UK Uncut on the 'No cuts, no tax-dodging' bloc at the Trade Union Congress (TUC) march, Saturday 20th October in London!
Absolutely fed-up with how Cameron, Clegg, Osborne, Hunt and the rest of this cabinet of millionaires are wrecking our future?
Angry at how big business gets away with murder, whether it's avoiding billions in tax or getting massive public bailouts?
Ready to make some noise, meet new people and have a fun time with a few surprises on the way?
Then you and your friends should join UK Uncut's 'No cuts, no tax-dodging' bloc on October 20th!
Stories continue to emerge of how big businesses such as Facebook, Apple, Starbucks and Google continue to avoid billions in tax at a time of unprecedented and unnecessary public spending cuts. We must keep the pressure up so that the government cracks down on tax avoidance and ends its disastrous austerity policies.
If you'd like to join us then meet us outside St Paul’s cathedral at 11am before the march. We'll be hanging out with the Climate Bloc who have organised a short event including talks and performances.
We'll have flags and banners and will be handing out information about our exciting new national day of action taking place in December. We’ve got some seriously great plans brewing that are going to be revealed soon, so now is the time to start making new friends and allies to get ideas and inspiration!
If you haven't already, then sign up to follow us on Twitter and Facebook as we'll be making announcements on the day. There may even be one or two surprises along the way...
Remember to sign up for the event on Facebook too (...yes, even though they avoid tax!).
See you on the streets!
Press Release: UK Uncut demand government reject Lord Fink’s call for UK to become a tax haven and take urgent steps to prevent billions being lost through tax avoidance
Posted on Fri 21st Sep 2012, 1:54pmUK Uncut demand government reject Lord Fink’s call for UK to become a tax haven and take urgent steps to prevent billions being lost through tax avoidance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press enquiries: UK Uncut – Tel: 07415063231 | Email: ukuncut@gmail.com
UK Uncut, the anti-cuts direct action group, today demanded that the government immediately reject Lord Fink’s proposals for the UK to weaken its tax laws and turn the country into a tax haven.1
The anti-austerity group called on Chancellor George Osborne, who recently described tax avoidance as ‘morally repugnant,’ to outline how he will stop rich individuals and corporations from using tax havens and other abusive tax avoidance measures.2
The government’s failure to properly crack down on tax avoidance is again in the spotlight as further revelations have emerged of how a super-wealthy elite continue to avoid billions in tax at a time of unprecedented and unnecessary public spending cuts.
An investigation by the Times this week found that more than 2,000 Britons in Monaco are costing the UK economy £1billion a year in lost tax revenue.3
UK Uncut spokesperson Anna Walker said “Tax avoidance costs the UK £25billion a year- we must get this money back so that we can invest it in our vital public services. If the government clawed back the tax money that is owed we wouldn’t need the damaging and unfair cuts that are hurting ordinary people’s lives. David Cameron and George Osborne have described tax avoidance as ‘morally wrong’ and ‘morally repugnant’- it’s high time they stopped rewarding tax dodgers and instead took immediate action to close tax havens and stop tax avoiders ripping off this country.”
Notes for editors:
1. Lord Fink, who is a director of three firms which have subsidiaries or a parent company in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Guernsey, said: “I don’t see why the UK should not compete for jobs that at present are going to the Cayman Islands. I lobbied George Osborne when the Tories were in opposition. I have long felt that the British government loses jobs to tax havens by allowing the Revenue to have these rather archaic rules.”
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/20...
2. George Osborne, Budget statement March 2012, ‘I regard tax evasion and – indeed – aggressive tax avoidance – as morally repugnant.’
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2012_state...
3. A report in the Times newspaper (20/09/12) outlined how 533 directors of UK companies have registered addresses in Monaco. Despite vetting by HMRC, the government has still seen fit to award several tax exiles with honours. These include the billionaire Sir Phillip Green- who avoided £285million in capital gains tax in 2005. UK Uncut activists have repeatedly targeted Green by occupying branches of his Arcadia fashion empire.
ukuncut.org.uk/targets/3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press enquiries: UK Uncut – Tel: 07415063231 | Email: ukuncut@gmail.com
UK Uncut, the anti-cuts direct action group, today demanded that the government immediately reject Lord Fink’s proposals for the UK to weaken its tax laws and turn the country into a tax haven.1
The anti-austerity group called on Chancellor George Osborne, who recently described tax avoidance as ‘morally repugnant,’ to outline how he will stop rich individuals and corporations from using tax havens and other abusive tax avoidance measures.2
The government’s failure to properly crack down on tax avoidance is again in the spotlight as further revelations have emerged of how a super-wealthy elite continue to avoid billions in tax at a time of unprecedented and unnecessary public spending cuts.
An investigation by the Times this week found that more than 2,000 Britons in Monaco are costing the UK economy £1billion a year in lost tax revenue.3
UK Uncut spokesperson Anna Walker said “Tax avoidance costs the UK £25billion a year- we must get this money back so that we can invest it in our vital public services. If the government clawed back the tax money that is owed we wouldn’t need the damaging and unfair cuts that are hurting ordinary people’s lives. David Cameron and George Osborne have described tax avoidance as ‘morally wrong’ and ‘morally repugnant’- it’s high time they stopped rewarding tax dodgers and instead took immediate action to close tax havens and stop tax avoiders ripping off this country.”
Notes for editors:
1. Lord Fink, who is a director of three firms which have subsidiaries or a parent company in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Guernsey, said: “I don’t see why the UK should not compete for jobs that at present are going to the Cayman Islands. I lobbied George Osborne when the Tories were in opposition. I have long felt that the British government loses jobs to tax havens by allowing the Revenue to have these rather archaic rules.”
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/20...
2. George Osborne, Budget statement March 2012, ‘I regard tax evasion and – indeed – aggressive tax avoidance – as morally repugnant.’
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2012_state...
3. A report in the Times newspaper (20/09/12) outlined how 533 directors of UK companies have registered addresses in Monaco. Despite vetting by HMRC, the government has still seen fit to award several tax exiles with honours. These include the billionaire Sir Phillip Green- who avoided £285million in capital gains tax in 2005. UK Uncut activists have repeatedly targeted Green by occupying branches of his Arcadia fashion empire.
ukuncut.org.uk/targets/3