 The Opinium poll marks the launch of the Stop the Squeeze campaign created by think tanks, activist groups and charities such as Save the Children, Greenpeace, and Oxfam to tackle the 'failed economics of the past'. The initiative warns that 'an agenda of tax cuts, public spending cuts and corporate deregulation that mostly benefits the richest and big business is only making the problem worse'. Tax Justice UK executive director Robert Palmer said: "Our politicians need to rethink how our economy works.' Rebecca Gowland, executive director of Patriotic Millionaires UK, said: 'Taxing those with extreme wealth is a rational, straight-up common sense way for us to invest in our economy and ensure hard pressed families do not have to suff){kind=link}
The plea comes three weeks before the Government unveils its Autumn Statement mini-Budget, with six in 10 voters who backed the Tories last election calling for higher taxes on the wealthy
Six in 10 voters who backed the Tories at the last election want higher taxes on the rich, a poll revealed today.
As new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt draw up their mini-Budget for November 17, a survey shows how the cost-of-living crisis is hammering families – and who households want to pay.
Some 71% of 2019 Conservative voters believe the minimum wage and welfare system fail to provide incomes people can live on, while 59% of the public say they will have to cut back on basics to try to afford soaring energy bills after April.
Some 62% of voters who supported the Tories three years ago believe the wealthy should pay more in tax.