“Inequality hurts us all and goes against God’s vision of life in abundance for every human being”, said Athena Peralta, World Council of Churches programme executive for economic and ecological justice, at a prayer service for the Week of Action to Fight Inequality, held at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
Tightening up five of Britain’s existing wealth taxes and subsidies could raise almost £7 billion a year by 2022-23 and provide a down payment on covering the £36 billion a year increase in the cost of public services by 2030.
Top corporations continue to accrue revenues far in excess of most governments, says Global Justice Now show. They urge the UK government to support a binding treaty to hold corporations to account at UN in Geneva this week.