Award-winning film director Richard Curtis talks about the Robin Hood Tax

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• £95 billion is lost every year through tax evasion and tax avoidance by big business and wealthy individuals
• Another £27.7 billion is uncollected every year by HM Revenue & Customs, because of cuts in staff
• Introducing a Robin Hood Tax - a tiny 0.05 per cent tax on financial speculators - could raise $400 billion globally
• Almost £2billion is being spent on privatising the NHS
• The public now owns several banks - their profits should be used to invest in public services
• Stopping the replacement of, for example, Trident, would save £78 billion
• Cracking down hard on the obscene bonuses of bankers – who caused this mess in the first place – would raise billions more.

Job losses in public services which have been announced in the North West:

2,000 JOBS - BOLTON COUNCIL
1,000 JOBS - BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN CO.
1,000 JOBS - BLACKPOOL CO.
70 JOBS - BURNLEY CO.
420 JOBS - BURY CO.
550 JOBS - CHESHIRE EAST CO.
140 JOBS - CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER CO.
500 JOBS - CHESHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY
3,000 JOBS - GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE AUTHORITY
200 JOBS - GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE AUTHORITY
100 JOBS - GREATER MANCHESTER PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE
120 JOBS - HALTON CO.
400 JOBS - KNOWSLEY CO.
6,000 JOBS - LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
1,000 JOBS - LANCASHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY
1,500 JOBS - LIVERPOOL CITY CO.
2000 JOBS - MANCHESTER CITY CO.
1,800 JOBS - MERSEYSIDE POLICE AUTHORITY
192 JOBS - MERSEYSIDE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
800 JOBS - OLDHAM CO.
150 JOBS - PRESTON CITY CO.
76 JOBS - PENDLE CO.
350 JOBS - ROCHDALE CO.
1,000 JOBS - SEFTON CO.
800 JOBS - SALFORD CITY CO.
400 JOBS - ST HELENS CO.
400 JOBS - STOCKPORT CO.
800 JOBS - TAMESIDE CO.
150 JOBS - TRAFFORD CO.
70 JOBS - WARRINGTON CO.
1,000 JOBS - WIRRAL CO.
820 JOBS - WIGAN CO.

TOTAL: 28,732 JOBS*

Please let us know if your public service is being cut. Send details to mfinnegan@tuc.org.uk

*Last updated March 30th, 2011