A 2% wealth tax on just the richest 15 families in the UK could raise over £5 billion a year. That could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year using @jrf-uk.bsky.social’s Rising Block Tariff proposal. Check our our full Sunday Times Rich List analysis at sharethewealth.org.uk

A tiny 2% annual wealth tax could raise over £5bn a year from the top 15 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year using @jrf-uk.bsky.social's Rising Block Tariff proposal. So why isn't the government doing it now?

Our response to the Sunday Times Rich List

The 350 richest families in the UK now hold £784Bn. That's more than the UK spends annually on healthcare, education, housing, defence & policing COMBINED. While millions struggle, extreme wealth keeps piling up. Britain has enough wealth for everyone to thrive, we just need the courage to tax it.

The vast majority of millionaires are willing to pay *more* tax and have no intention of leaving the UK – new polling from @patmillsuk.bsky.social

BP’s profits have surged to $3.2bn (£2.4bn) in the first 3 months of this year because of the war in Iran. Meanwhile your energy bills are set to rise by £332 a year in July. Is it time to tax these excess profits, and use the money to cut bills and support our public services?

Crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne gave Nigel Farage £5 million as a personal gift in 2024, shortly before the Reform UK leader made the decision to run as an MP. Farage did not declare the gift - it was exposed by a Guardian investigation 🤯

NEW: BP’s profits for the first three months of this year have more than doubled to £2.4 billion because of the war in Iran. Meanwhile your energy bills are set to rise by £322 a year in July.

Jemma Forte on why billionaires and big corporations should pay more tax 👏 #TaxTheSuperRich @jemmaforte.bsky.social

A new Bank of England report has warned that the introduction of digital price labels could mean that supermarkets introduce ‘dynamic surge pricing’ for everyday goods like food. Is this just another excuse for big profiteering corporations to rip us off?

Cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo has announced he is moving back to the UK from Hong Kong to donate £4 million to Reform UK. Reform UK was given £12 million by billionaire cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne in 2025.

Big oil companies are set to make huge profits because of the Iran war. We should tax those excess profits and use the money to cut energy bills, which are set to soar.

Reform UK's Deputy Leader Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax on multi-million pound profits between 2018-2021 after obtaining a rare legal status for his company. In 2025 he donated over £600,000 to Reform UK. Less money for public services, and more for Reform UK?

Investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan on huge donations by the super-rich to UK political parties and the need for a cap on political donations 👏 @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

A crypto-billionaire based in Thailand donated £12 million to Reform last year, making him the top individual donor to a British political party in 2025. Check out our full Top 10 list of the biggest individual donors to UK political parties here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...

UPDATE: Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated £12 million to Reform in 2025, making him the biggest individual donor to a British political party last year. Our full list of the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, is here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...

Broadcaster Phil Jones calls for the super-rich and banks to pay more tax in order to fund affordable housing and our NHS

Should we follow the US and other states by taxing according to nationality, not residency, to make sure Dubai tax exiles pay their taxes?

The big 4 banks made £45.7 billion in profits in 2025. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on the UK income of HSBC, Barclays, Natwest and Lloyds would raise billions to invest in the NHS.

CEO of Barclays CS Venkatakrishnan was paid £15 million in 2025, up from the £11.6 million he earned in 2024. When so many of us are struggling to pay the bills, should the bosses of big British banks be getting multi-million pound pay rises?

Gary Lineker calls out the hypocrisy of billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who lives in Monaco, for his comments saying that the UK has been ‘colonised’ by immigrants.

Why are 8 out of the UK’s 10 richest people missing from The Sunday Times Tax List? When they are worth tens of billions of pounds, surely they should be on the list of the country’s biggest taxpayers? #TaxTheSuperRich

Julia Davies from Patriotic Millionaires UK on why we need to tax wealth now 👏 #TaxTheSuperRich @patmillsuk.bsky.social

David Mitchell calls out tax avoidance by the super-rich 👏 #Davos #TaxTheSuperRich

By midday today the average FTSE 100 CEO has already made more money than the average worker in the UK earns all year, according to analysis from @highpaycentre.bsky.social. When so many of us are struggling to pay the bills, is it right that fat cat CEOs are raking it in? #FatCatTuesday

🎄 Share The Wealth’s first Scrooge of the Year award goes to Sir Jim Ratcliffe 🏆 According to The Sunday Times Rich List he has wealth of £17 billion but he still cut 450 jobs as owner of Manchester United this year, and ended free lunches for staff in order to cut costs.

Jonathan Ross calls out tax avoidance by the super-rich 👏

Christopher Harborne, a billionaire based in Thailand, has donated £9 million to Reform UK, and jumped to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025. Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...

UPDATE: Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor who lives in Thailand, jumps to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, after donating £9m to Reform in Q3 of the year. These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.

The NHS will pay £3 billion more a year for life-saving medicines from giant American pharmaceutical companies, because of a new UK-US trade deal. When big US drug companies are already making billions in profit, is it right that the NHS should pay them more money? #NHS

Why didn't Rachel Reeves raise wealth taxes in #Budget2025? Taxing extreme wealth, like a 2% annual tax on assets over £10 million, could have raised £24 billion a year. Taxing capital gains at the same rate as income from work could have raised £11.5 billion a year.

Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget

Energy bills are set to rise again in January, Ofgem announced today. Private energy companies take 24.2% of the average energy bill as profit, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social. Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down energy bills in this Budget?

Former City trader Gary Stevenson calls for the public to demand reduced inequality and a fairer taxation system from their politicians. #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social

A senior nurse on a £40,000 salary pays more tax than someone who makes the same from selling shares. Why is income from share taxed less than income from work?

Rachel Reeves is ditching plans to introduce an exit tax on wealthy people who leave the UK, according to reports today. But when every other G7 country, apart from Italy, has an exit tax, why doesn’t the UK? #TaxTheSuperRich

Phil White from @patmillsuk.bsky.social calls for wealth taxes on the super-rich and calls out the arguments against. #TaxTheSuperRich

Big 4 bank profits have soared to more than £35bn so far this year. Why won’t Rachel Reeves raise taxes on the banks?

Frankie Boyle on the banks 🔥

The big 4 banks have made £35.1bn in profits so far this year. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on their UK income would raise billions to invest in the NHS.

NEW: HSBC have made £17.3 billion in profit so far this year, according to latest figures released today. But their CEO has warned the government not to introduce a new windfall tax on the banks. When HSBC are making such big profits, why can't they pay a windfall tax?

NEW: NatWest have made £5.8 billion in profit so far this year, according to latest figures released today. But their CEO has warned the government not to introduce a new windfall tax on the banks. When they're making such big profits, why can't NatWest pay a windfall tax?

Dave Fishwick from ‘Bank of Dave’ slams huge banker bonuses while the poorest in the UK are forced to use food banks 🤯

Barclays have made £7.3bn in profit so far this year, according to figures released today. Their CEO thinks higher taxation on banks is 'facile and fallacious logic'. But a windfall tax on the Big 4 UK banks, proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social, could raise billions to invest in public services

These are the Top 10 individual donors to political parties in 2025 so far. The list includes a billionaire based in Monaco, a luxury property developer, an aristocrat, a Swiss banker, an MP and a Lord. Check out the full Top 10 here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...

The Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025 so far includes billionaires based in Monaco, Swiss bankers, aristocrats, and even MPs and Lords. These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.

Former City trader Gary Stevenson on the influence of the super-rich over our politicians #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social

Energy bills are up 2% from today, after a rise in the energy price cap. Meanwhile CEOs like Chris O’Shea of British Gas continue to earn huge sums, and energy companies continue to give big payouts to shareholders. Is that right when most of us are struggling to pay our bills?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves told Bloomberg TV this morning “I don’t think we need a standalone wealth tax”. When 75% of the public support a wealth tax why won’t Rachel Reeves back taxing extreme wealth? #LabourConference2025

New taxes on big gambling companies - as proposed by @ippr.org - could raise £3 billion a year. That’s enough to scrap the two-child benefit cap, lifting more than 500,000 children out of poverty overnight.