“We are calling on you to make this year’s Autumn Budget a turning point by focusing on taxing wealth more and work less.”
Letter to the Chancellor signed by 40 MPs
By Green New Deal Rising
This morning, 40 MPs from 8 different parties signed an open letter demanding that Rachel Reeves taxes wealth more in the Budget.
The MP supporters include 21 Labour backbenchers, 4 Greens, SNP, Independents, Lib Dem and SDLP MPs. Thanks our consistent pressure, and the work of our friends at Taxpayers Against Poverty, we’ve got MP backers from Aberdeenshire to Brighton!
The MPs are urging the Chancellor to make this year’s budget a “turning point” for the country by focusing on taxing wealth more and work less.
They say Britain’s tax system continues to overburden those who work hardest while protecting those whose wealth grows passively, writing: “This imbalance is not only unfair – it is economically damaging.”
Read the full letter text and list of MP signatories below 👇
Dear Chancellor,
Last year, a cross-party group of MPs urged the Chancellor to make the tax system fairer by asking those with the greatest wealth to contribute more. A year on, the case for doing so has only strengthened.
Britain’s tax system continues to overburden those who work hardest while protecting those whose wealth grows passively. Ordinary families face rising costs of living, crumbling public services, and deepening insecurity, while extreme wealth at the top continues to expand. This imbalance is not only unfair – it is economically damaging.
We are calling on you to make this year’s Autumn Budget a turning point by focusing on taxing wealth more and work less. A fairer approach to wealth taxation would:
- Reduce poverty and inequality by ensuring those with the broadest shoulders contribute their fair share.
- Ease the pressure on working families, allowing more people to thrive rather than merely survive.
- Provide sustainable funding for public services like education, health, housing, and social care – the foundations of a fair and productive society.
This is not about punishing success or creating division. It is about fairness, balance, and responsibility. Britain cannot thrive when wealth accumulates at the top while millions struggle to make ends meet.
We urge you to act with courage and clarity: reform the tax system so that it rewards effort, not advantage, and builds a future that works for everyone.
Yours sincerely,
Diane Abbott — Hackney North & Stoke Newington — Labour
Shockat Adam — Leicester South — Independent
Olivia Blake — Sheffield Hallam — Labour
Apsana Begum — Poplar and Limehouse — Labour
Richard Burgon — Leeds East — Labour
Dawn Butler — Brent East — Labour
Ian Byrne — Liverpool West Derby — Labour
Dr Ellie Chowns — North Herefordshire — Green Party
Carla Denyer — Bristol Central — Green Party
Bobby Dean — Carshalton & Wallington — Lib Dem
Jeremy Corbyn — Islington North — Independent
Alex Easton — North Down — Independent
Colum Eastwood — Foyle — SDLP
Sorcha Eastwood — Lagan Valley — Alliance Party
Neil Duncan-Jordan — Poole — Labour
Claire Hanna — Belfast South and Mid Down — SDLP
Adnan Hussain — Blackburn — Independent
Imran Hussain — Bradford East — Labour
Kim Johnson — Liverpool Riverside — Labour
Ayoub Khan — Birmingham Perry Barr — Independent
Ben Lake — Ceredigion Preseli — Plaid Cymru
Ian Lavery — Blyth and Ashington — Labour
Graham Leadbitter — Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey — SNP
Brian Leishman — Alloa and Grangemouth — Independent
Emma Lewell — South Shields — Labour
Clive Lewis — Norwich South — Labour
Rebecca Long Bailey — Salford — Labour
Rachael Maskell — York Central — Labour
Andy McDonald — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East — Labour
John McDonnell — Hayes and Harlington — Labour
Iqbal Mohamed — Dewsbury and Batley — Independent
Kate Osborne — Jarrow and Gateshead East — Labour
Adrian Ramsay — Waveney Valley — Green Party
Bell Ribeiro-Addy — Clapham & Brixton Hill — Labour
Seamus Logan — Aberdeenshire North and Moray East — SNP
Jon Trickett — Normanton and Hemsworth — Labour
Nadia Whittome — Nottingham East — Labour
Steve Witherden — Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr — Labour
Siân Berry — Brighton Pavilion — Green Party
Zarah Sultana — Coventry South — Independent
- This article was originally published by Green New Deal Rising on 20 November 2025.
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