In a letter to The Times newspaper, drafted by Church Action for Tax Justice, some current and former Church leaders are calling on the UK Government ‘to foster… a fair tax system that no longer only favours the excessive individual and corporate wealth of some, but serves the common good of all’.
The letter states:
‘We welcome the decisions of the Danish, Polish and French governments to refuse corporate bailouts for corporations registered in tax havens. The current crisis has shown the importance of our health and social security systems – and the taxes that pay for them year in and year out.
‘However, many of the most vulnerable people in our society are paying the price for a health and welfare system woefully unprepared for an epidemic. Meanwhile, some large corporations continue to avoid responsibility, making huge profits yet hiding their wealth in tax havens.’
The story was also run by The Guardian.
The letter was signed by:
- Lord Rowan Williams – former Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord Richard Harries – former Bishop of Oxford
- Revd Dr Barbara Glasson, President of the Methodist Conference
- Rev. David Mayne – Moderator, the Baptist Union Council
- Paul Parker – Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain
- Mr Derek Estill, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church
- Revd Nigel Uden, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church
- David Haslam, Chair, Church Action for Tax Justice
You can read the while letter on the Church Action for Tax Justice website.
