What climate action? Stronger public services? Dignified social security? If so, we need fairer taxes says @lmacfarlane.bsky.social at Scottish Parliament. I explore the urgency and need to do so in this blog for @oxfamscotland.bsky.social for #TaxJusticeScotland. taxjustice.scot/blog/a-tripl...

'From the frontline, I can say with certainty that without fairer tax, we will continue to ask communities and charities to absorb the damage of political choices they didn’t make' Important piece by Heather from the STAR Project in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

If we want good local services that help tackle poverty & and ensure folk get the care they need, fairer local tax is vital. This poll shows Scots overwhelmingly back fair reforms to Council Tax... we need every political party to set out clear plans to do it: bit.ly/TJSCTPoll #TaxJusticeScotland

Big win: Scotland’s getting a private jet tax ✈️ Here’s what it means, and what comes next.

Scotland can't afford to be complacent. We are calling on all political parties to make reducing inequality the defining mission of the next Scottish Parliament. Scotland can show that fairness and shared prosperity are possible with bold leadership and determination 💪

Day 2 of @heraldscotland.bsky.social's series sparked by the Care Policy Scorecard for Scotland. www.heraldscotland.com/news/subscri... The Scorecard was produced by @swbg.bsky.social for the #AScotlandthatCares campaign. Read it here ➡️ ascotlandthatcares.org/wp-content/u...

📊 Scotland’s first Care Policy Scorecard from @SWBG is out, and care isn’t making the grade. Care isn’t a luxury. Poverty shouldn't be the price of caring. We need serious investment at the Scottish Budget & beyond. Read more👉 bit.ly/CPSforScotland #ScotlandCares

“People ask: what’s money got to do with it, what’s tax got to do with it? Everything” Chair of Scottish Human Rights Commission on denial of human rights in Scotland ➡️https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25678215.sickened-human-rights-chief-reveals-poverty-destroying-scotland/ #TaxJusticeScotland

Winter has arrived in Gaza, adding extra misery to the devastation. People urgently need support. Right now, every £1 you donate to the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal will be matched by the UK Government (up to £3m). Please donate: www.dec.org.uk

A powerful story of solidarity between Scotland & the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to Scottish Gov funding, Oxfam + our partners SOPROP supported 500 households to rebuild, recover and regain dignity after devastating conflict. This is what hope looks like. More ▶️ bit.ly/4ikyeep

Packed #CarersRightsDay event at Scottish Parliament with Carers Trust Scotland & Carers Scotland Too many unpaid carers live in #poverty... can't continue! Fixing this is core to @oxfamscotland.bsky.social calls for political parties pre Scottish election Help us 👉 oxfam.org.uk/fairerscotland

The latest climate action dithering👇 Delaying the Heat in Buildings Bill (again) leaves us with higher emissions & colder homes for even longer. We need to get on with this key shift. A strong grants scheme would fully protect those on low incomes, funded by fair taxes.

As we edge towards the UK and then Scottish budgets, an important contribution from the Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Professor Angela O'Hagan. She makes clear that "Tax justice is human rights justice" and says our tax system is falling short. 👇👇👇👇👇

Today in Edinburgh, we joined @patmillsuk.bsky.social to bring the ‘Tax Us, the Super-Rich’ bus to town. Millionaires have a message for the UK Chancellor: Tax us more. Fairer taxes on wealth could help lift people out of poverty and fund the future we all deserve #TaxJusticeScotland

Even millionaires are saying “enough is enough.” As @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social told @itvborder.bsky.social better taxing wealth isn’t radical, it’s responsible, long overdue and time the Chancellor got on and did it. It’s time for a fair tax system that works for everyone #TaxJusticeScotland

Marching today in Edinburgh for @oxfamscotland.bsky.social alongside thousands of others to say together #WeDemandBetter. On poverty, on care, on better work, on fair and fast climate action. We can do so much better.

I'm ready... are you? Tomorrow, I’ll march with thousands of others in Edinburgh to say: #ScotlandDemandsBetter 🏠 Affordable homes 💷 Fair wages 🚆 Green Transport 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 Dignified care 🧱 Stronger social security Change only happens when we demand it. ⏬⏬⏬

'People are struggling because the system is stacked against them. Life isn't shocking anymore, it's just relentlessly hard. People are scunnered' Heather from the STAR Project in Paisley tells #TaxJusticeScotland's conference. 'Inequality exhausts people and wears them down.'

Fairer, greener, more equal: @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social at the end of #TaxJusticeScotland's conference says it’s time to turn ideas into action and deliver real change for people, public services and the planet. Agree? Repost.

Great to see FM @johnswinney.bsky.social field Qs as part of Scotland's biggest ever climate lobby. Asked about a Private Jet Tax (which could be done with devolved powers)... says he's "very sympathetic". Time to deliver! ✈️ @sccscot.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social #ActNowChangeForever

Scotland’s biggest-ever climate lobby is happening today and we're there with @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social 🌍 500+ people, including some of YOU, are urging MSPs to deliver fast, fair climate action. Time to make the biggest polluters & the better off pay and invest in a greener, fairer Scotland.

"This is about real people making impossible choices everyday" - says Maggie Chiwanza from MECOPP. Their report - Unpaid, Unseen and Unheard - on the experiences of minority ethic unpaid carers in Scotland is the first for 25 years. @oxfamscotland.bsky.social proud to have supported it.

A new report by the Scottish Fiscal Commission has highlighted deep uncertainties over the climate price tag and who’ll pay it. We need politicians, in Edinburgh & London, to work together to ensure the biggest polluters and the better off pay their fair share. Our full reaction ➡️ bit.ly/48llfGj

Scot Gov's tax conf moves on to whether to better tax wealth... Again, strong support for it. Key question: how? Plenty options at UK level. In Scotland, key step is better taxing property wealth by breaking the impasse on replacing Council Tax. #TaxJusticeScotland

At @ScotGov's 'first ever' tax conf in Edinburgh. With deep pressures on Scotland's public finances, the tax system here and across UK must do much more to help deliver the fairer, greener and more prosperous country the people of Scotland want. #TaxJusticeScotland

Two months today, people across Scotland will march for a better future🌍💪 Too many people are being left behind while the planet pays the price. On 25 Oct, we'll march for better jobs, homes, services and a greener future. Join the march for all of us scotland-demands-better.com

This #WorldHumanitarianDay we're spotlighting Scotland’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund: a lifeline in overlooked crises. In the DRC, HEF support has helped Oxfam/our partners provide emergency cash to families facing hunger and hardship. Watch our recap film on what's been happening in DRC 👇

Girls in Malawi are gaining skills & confidence at summer camps run by Oxfam and our partners thanks to Scottish Government Inclusive Education funding. These camps are part of a wider barrier breaking project helping thousands of learners in Malawi/Zambia/Rwanda access education and opportunity.

📢Big opportunity alert! 📢 Join Oxfam Scotland as our new Advocacy Advisor and help build a fairer Scotland. If you know the Scottish political landscape and want to drive lasting change on poverty & inequality, this is your chance. Apply by 7 Sept bit.ly/3UsLS41

New figures today have underlined what we've known for years: Scotland's wealth is far from fairly shared. As part of #TaxJusticeScotland we’re calling for bold tax reform via both UK & Scottish Govs so those with the most contribute their fair share. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

'No substantial Council Tax reform this decade' says the Scottish Government. As a member of #TaxJusticeScotland we say, unacceptable. We’ve set out a realistic path, but it needs bold commitments now. Revaluation/policy consultation must start after the 2026 election bit.ly/4oooUIU

After a blizzard of financial forecasts, strategies and plans in Scotland, one thing’s clear: tax justice must play a bigger role to deliver a fairer, greener country. Baby steps won’t fund a fairer future for all of us. Blog ➡️ bit.ly/3T9wOYu #TaxJusticeScotland

This funding will enable colleagues and their partners to provide critical cash support, along with much-needed help to survivors of Gender Based Violence. Amid major funding shortfalls for this deep humanitarian crisis, great to see Scotland stepping up.

Missed our Advocacy Adviser @lewisryderjones.bsky.social talking all sorts of common sense on BBC Radio Scotland about why we need to tax pollution-spewing private jets? We've calculated it could raise millions to invest in green initiatives, like making public transport cheaper. Listen ⬇️

🚨 A 32% surge in private jet flights at Glasgow Prestwick – a Scottish Government-owned airport. While the super-rich fly in for golf + luxury, emissions climb and the climate cost falls on everyone else. Time for the First Minister to land a Private Jet Tax. ✈️💸 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢 This is a big moment. Launching the Scotland Demands Better campaign. @oxfamscotland.bsky.social is proud to back the call for action to deliver a fairer, greener future for all of us. Join us: scotland-demands-better.com #WeDemandBetter @povertyalliance.org

As ever, cross-party solidarity at the Scottish Parliament during #CarersWeek. But will it lead to much stronger action now and in the next Parliament to properly value & invest in care and carers? Too many face poverty and deep impacts on their own health and wellbeing. #CaringAboutEquality

A robust and fully transparent review of Scottish Government public grants to arms firms in Scotland that manufacturer weapons used in Gaza is essential. Great to see @caatuk.bsky.social at the @ScotParl. Scotland must be in no way complicit. @amnestyuk.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social

Exhausted. Isolated. Invisible. Trapped in poverty and left without support. A powerful new report we're proud to support by MECOPP + @heriotwattuni.bsky.social lifts the lid on the crisis facing BME unpaid carers in Scotland and the failure to act on it ⏬ news.stv.tv/scotland/new...

This powerful piece from MECOPP in @heraldscotland.bsky.social lays bare the injustice facing BME unpaid carers in Scotland. Poverty. Isolation. Exhaustion. And a system that keeps failing them. We’re proud to have supported the research behind it 📖 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Good to see the return ticket for peak rail fares in Scotland being cancelled. @ScotGovFM says they'll be scrapped "for good". But, overall, this #PFG feels like treading water with 12 months to go of this Parliament. @OxfamScotland's key takeaways 👇 #ProgrammeforGovernment

⏳ Time's nearly up. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social writes why the Scottish Government's final Programme for Government must deliver real action in the next 12 months – not vague promises for the future ⬇️ www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Child poverty has fallen in Scotland. That's encouraging. But we're off track to deliver the legal target that all parties claim to back. Getting people into (good quality) work will help, but more investment in social security is also essential 👇 @heraldscotland.bsky.social

'When Scotland set ambitious climate targets all parties backed them. We can’t afford for that cross-party consensus to crumble now just because a few politicians think there are easy votes in rolling back progress' @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social in @scotsman.com⬇️ www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Seven days on from the massive earthquake in Myanmar, we’re ramping up our emergency response. But the level of need is huge. Survivors need the very basics - shelter, clean water, food and medical care. Please, if you can, donate: dec.org.uk @decscotland.bsky.social

The Scottish Government has just announced it's chucking cold water on its clean heat bill. Decarbonising buildings is essential to meeting Scotland’s 2045 climate target. We can get this done in a way that's fair and affordable. Read how: ➡️ bit.ly/3RvPVef

People are scared, injured, and in urgent need of food, clean water and medical care. Please give if you can. Every donation, no matter the size, will help us scale up our response and deliver aid to those who need it most. Donate now: www.dec.org.uk

“We can't address huge societal problems without the money to invest, and the way to do that is tax.” Millionaire Julia Davies says a fair wealth tax can be done... if we have the political will. A poll for @oxfamscotland.bsky.social shows that 79% of people in Scotland back it. ➡️ bit.ly/4j1SGQw

Fewer children in poverty in Scotland is positive, but this LEGAL target was missed due to insufficient investment. The Scottish Child Payment shows that policy choices do make a real difference. But political leaders continue to shield the wealthiest from paying their fair share of tax.

“These cuts are a choice: after all, there is no shortage of fair tax options to raise more resources at UK level” – say @gerrymccartney1 & David Walsh @UofGlasgow. They say tax justice is the "obvious option" to protect people's health from spending cuts. #TaxJusticeScotland