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Monday 9 August 2010

Alternative cuts consultation‏

The Robin Hood Treasury Saving Challenge: "We all understand the deficit we are facing and remember how we got here. The financial crisis started in the banking sector and we spent £1.4 trillion bailing it out. With the economy in a mess, the government’s Spending Challenge is asking us to make difficult choices over what it should cut. But there is a better way. A series of taxes on the banks in the UK could raise tens of billions each year to help recoup some of this lost money and help the poorest at home and abroad who have been hit hardest by the economic crisis."
Feed in your ideas at http://www.rht-treasury.org.uk/