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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC

Global Published 9 October 2026, 18:18 · archived 9 Oct 2026

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Rishi Sunak’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenueBusiness live – latest updatesTax cuts for big banks have deprived the UK government of £6bn in revenues, according to campaigners, who are calling on the chancellor, John Healey, to increase taxes and force lenders to pay their “fair share” in the upcoming budget.Calculations by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents unions with more than 5.3 million members across England and Wales, shows that the public purse is billions of pounds worse off as a result of tax cuts introduc...

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