Campaigners in Robin Hood Tax call
Updated on 23 March 2010
The Government needs to "be like Robin Hood" and tax the banking system, campaigners have said.
Protesters dressed as the legendary outlaw will deliver green-coloured Budget boxes to the Government calling on the Chancellor to announce the introduction of a tax on banks' financial transactions.
Max Lawson, head of development finance at Oxfam, said: "We want the Government to tax the banks to help the poorest people in Britain and Africa.
"We think the banks have got away with murder. They are still making massive profits despite getting us into this mess.
"It is time for the Government to be like Robin Hood. This could be the world's first popular tax."
As part of the Robin Hood Tax campaign, green-clad activists will march through Westminster carrying letters to Chancellor Alistair Darling calling on him to kick-start international agreement for new financial transaction taxes by using Wednesday's Budget to announce a new unilateral UK sterling tax.
The boxes will also contain a scroll reminding Mr Darling of the support the campaign has gathered since it launched last month.
Around 100 organisations are now backing the coalition, which has 141,085 fans on Facebook, and 71,492 people voted yes to a financial transactions tax on the campaign's website www.robinhoodtax.org.uk.
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