Positive Money UK

05/09/2026

📣 LAST CHANCE this weekend to apply for 4 spaces on our board of Non-Executive Directors before the deadline 9am Monday 7th! ⏰

Full info & application form 👇

Shifting power from big banks to people. We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.

04/09/2026

Infinite growth is impossible on a finite planet 🌍

Join Positive Money today 👉 bit.ly/greenfinance1

03/09/2026

"We're always up against a strong banking lobby... but this is a new government, and it's now time to show whether they're on the side of the big banks or the people" - our Co-Executive Director Sara Hall on LBC News 📻

If you haven't yet, add your name to now! 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰

03/09/2026

in today's The Guardian! 📰

⏰"The countdown is on. Two months before Andy Burnham’s inaugural autumn budget, the chancellor, John Healey, is reportedly considering a windfall tax on both banks and oil companies"

Join 74,102 names & counting(!) and sign the petition to 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰

"...if current trends continue, the UK’s four largest banks will rake in £60bn in profits for 2026. Calculations by campaign group Positive Money suggest that the UK could raise up to £10.9bn this year from adopting Czechia’s model; up to £6.95bn by following Spain’s sliding tax scale; and £2.2bn by following in Lithuania’s footsteps."

02/09/2026

The countdown is on ⏰ Two months out from Andy Burnham’s first Budget, banks "are now in the crosshairs of...Positive Money – who say a tax increase could help cover rising household bills as part of Burnham’s drive to tackle the cost of living.
..Positive Money suggest that the UK could raise up to £10.9bn this year from adopting Czechia’s model; up to £6.95bn by following Spain’s sliding tax scale & £2.2bn by following in Lithuania’s footsteps."

Whichever they pick, tell Andy Burnham & John Healey to 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

Ahead of a crucial budget, four countries’ experiments offer a mixed verdict on how to tax bumper profits

01/09/2026

Fantastic to see our figures on how much a windfall tax on banks could raise in The Independent over the weekend 👉

£19 billion is enough to fund Andy Burnham's original cost of living measures more than 13x over!

Tell John Healey to tax the banks 👉 http://bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

John Healey is looking to avoid increasing taxes on the public - but must find other ways to plug a gap in public finances

31/08/2026

⏰ 1 week to go until applications for 4 new Non-Executive Directors to join our board close! 📣

Come use your strategic insight, understanding of good governance, and/or fundraising experience and strong finance background, to make a difference, and contribute to Positive Money's work redesigning our economic system for social justice and a liveable planet.

As a leading international think tank & campaign organisation; we publish research, advocate for our proposals with politicians, policymakers, and the press, collaborate with civil society, and mobilise our community of supporters with digital campaigns, across six key areas: racial economic justice, finance and democracy, green finance, the future of money, housing, and macroeconomics.

These are voluntary unremunerated positions, with an approximate time commitment of 3-5 hours per month. Find out more and apply 👇 before 9am Monday 7th September

Shifting power from big banks to people. We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.

29/08/2026

Britain’s big banks and corporations have too much power over our democracy. Let’s change this.

Join Positive Money today👉 bit.ly/stopfinance1

27/08/2026

We need our economies to put people 🤝 and planet 🌎 above profit 💰

Now, 6 countries in the Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership are trying to do just that.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Nicola Sturgeon argue that wellbeing, not GPD, should be the focus of economic policy.

25/08/2026

"There's one very clear target for tax rises in John Healey and Andy Burnham's first Budget this autumn and that's the banks." - our Head of Campaigns & Comms on LBC

Add your name to 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰