It’s the end of the year John, and what a year it’s been. With your support, we’ve been able to achieve so much.
Before we head into the New Year, take a trip down memory lane with Positive Money to reflect and celebrate some of our highlights from 2024. Scroll down to read our best bits, or hit the button for a full recap!
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We kicked off the year by launching our report ‘Inflation as an Ecological Phenomenon’; exploring the impacts of climate breakdown on our soaring food and energy bills. With 2024 on track to become the hottest year on record, this work is more important than ever.
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Ahead of the spring budget, we kicked our campaign to #TaxTheBanks up a gear. Over 8,000 of you signed our petition to Jeremy Hunt and helped by chipping in to fund an advert in his local paper. Together, we brought your voices to his doorstep, by delivering the petition to Number 11 Downing Street.
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The future of money remains a core part of our work, and in April we launched our ‘Fiscal Benefits of a Digital Pound’ report, together with an explainer video on the concept of ‘seigniorage’: the difference between the cost of creating money and how much it’s worth - take a watch if you missed it!
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When the general election was called (earlier than expected!) we reacted with a petition to all party leaders to #BreakTheLink with big finance. Thousands of you signed, and were very happy to celebrate in July as the new government launched a review of second jobs for MPs!
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Over the summer, we were one of the first organisations to draw attention to the under-scrutinised National Wealth Fund - a key way the new government is promising to deliver on climate action. Recommendations from our policy paper were covered in a Guardian exclusive, and our explainer blog was one of our most-read of the year.
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Autumn marked the first budget from the new government, and the launch of our #TaxTheBanks petition and action outside the Treasury. We were disappointed not to see a tax on banks, but the Treasury did respond saying they “look forward to continued and constructive engagement” with us - we’ll be holding them to account on this in 2025!
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In December, over 1,000 of you emailed the Treasury on the dangers of an over-inflated financial sector. Not only this, but the open letter we coordinated with 50 economists and experts made it to the front page of the Guardian!
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To round off the year, we published another report ‘Beyond Dollar Dominance: New money and payment systems for a multipolar world’ with a webinar earlier this month. The report tackles our unjust international monetary and financial system, and was called “groundbreaking, daring and very useful for everyone in the space of monetary reform” by one of our panellists.
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You’ve reached the end of our wrap-up - what a year it was! Thank you for reading and a huge thank you to every one of our supporters that make this work possible.
If you can John, please will you join them by making a one-off or regular donation, so we can achieve even more together in 2025? We know people are struggling so we’re only asking you to give if you can, John. But, if you can, a donation today - no matter how big or small - would go a long way.
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We couldn’t be more grateful to have your support going into 2025 John, powering our work to redesign our economic system for social justice and a liveable planet.
With best wishes for the New Year,
Hannah, Mira, Paul, Danisha, Farisai, Tracey, Flavia, Simon, Chloe, Ellie, Alec, Kate, and Joe - the whole Positive Money UK team!
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