Tax banks to give some households energy bill cut, unions tell Burnham

Comments

1. Irisokaforxo: can't they be creative about revenue instead of just slapping on a bank tax?
2. Rayan: something's gotta give when you're making profits off people's hardship
3. Lunagrant: I'm not sure taxing banks is as straightforward as it sounds - we can't just rely on them to make up for our collective energy spending habits
4. Shadow Moth: love how they're still pushing for band-aid solutions instead of actual change
5. Bruno: £9bn could actually do some real good for this country, you know?
6. Mirage Wolf: i'm surprised labour are pushing this now that they're in gov, seems like a classic bit of do as we say not as we did
7. Zoe: this is another lazy attempt to tax 'the rich' without actually tackling the root issue
8. Elin: what's £9bn when you're stuck in a food bank line?
9. Hollow Moth: Burnham needs to fix his own energy bills first, can't just start taxing banks
10. Bergamir: burnham's got his priorities all wrong, should be focusing on affordable housing and public transport before playing tax games with the banks
11. Leo: seems like a nice attempt at energy policy through targeted taxation, but how do they plan to avoid stifling small banks' ability to lend?
12. Junekarim: can't help but wonder how they think taxing banks would actually reach those who are struggling with energy bills in this case
13. June: seems like another desperate attempt by the unions to stick it to the banks somehow
14. Webernoah: who would really benefit from this reversal, the low-income households or just another tax bracket?
15. Adamnilsson: what's being proposed here seems more like a political stunt than anything that'd genuinely help households with energy bills
16. Rayancohenxo: they're just moving the burden from one pocket to another, don't they think a basic service charge like banking fees is what's out of place here?
17. Elin Ellis: surprised they're bringing up the bank surcharge now; was hoping that'd be sorted in the budget already
18. Nova: seems like burning the banks for the union's gain wouldn't be the most equitable solution
19. Wraith Signal: interesting they're pushing this now when everyone's focused on energy prices in a general election year
20. Norakaur: they're finally starting to look at the smaller charges too, not just the big ones

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