TAP Poverty Backs Pay Up Campaign and Day of Action

London, 30 June 2025  Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) is pleased to support the Pay Up campaign, organised by Green New Deal Rising, and their National Day of Action on 4th July. The campaign calls for those with extreme wealth to pay more in tax—so we can reinvest in our country and lift millions out of poverty.

“At a time when so many struggle to afford the basics, it’s obscene that vast wealth continues to pile up in the hands of a few,” said Tom Burgess, CEO at TAP. “We need a tax system that reflects the simple truth: we all help create this wealth, but the system allows it to be hoarded by a minority. That must change.”

TAP strongly supports the campaign’s call for higher taxes on extreme wealth. Taxes on wealth cause no hardship—unlike taxes on income, which fall most heavily on those on lower incomes. The time has come to shift the burden away from earned income and onto the unearned accumulation of wealth.

A fairer tax system would:

• Ensure the wealthiest contribute their fair share to society.

• Fund the investment we need in housing, health, education, and climate action.

• Create more opportunity for fulfilled and happy lives for all our fellow citizens.

TAP urges the public, policymakers, and political parties to back the Pay Up campaign and commit to real change: a tax system that puts people and planet first.

Notes to Editors:

• Taxpayers Against Poverty campaigns for tax justice, poverty reduction, and economic fairness.

• The Pay Up campaign is led by Green New Deal Rising, with a National Day of Action planned for 4th July 2025.

  
  

About Taxpayers Against Poverty Taxpayers Against Poverty is a UK-based independent advocacy group dedicated to tackling poverty, inequality, and social injustice by promoting economic policies that have a direct effect on reducing poverty and the unnecessary financial hardship. TAP’s sister organisation and partner is Compassion in Politics which seeks to bring more truth respect and compassion into political life

For media enquiries, interviews, or comment: Tom Burgess, CEO, Taxpayers Against Poverty Email: taxpayersagainstpoverty@gmail.com Website: www.taxpayersagainstpoverty.org.uk