Jo Wittams
@jowittams.bsky.social
Mum of two teens, Co-Exec Director of Equality Trust, trustee of Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons' Trust and proud Croydonian
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Last week we published a report showing the super rich are using their wealth to buy huge political influence over the UK through political donations, control of the media, and Lords.
Here's some ways we've been proven right since 🧵
Here's some ways we've been proven right since 🧵
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last week we published a report showing the super rich are using their wealth to buy huge political influence over the UK through political donations, control of the media, and Lords.
Here's some ways we've been proven right since 🧵
Here's some ways we've been proven right since 🧵
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Unlike millionaires, we can't just pay for our opinions to be on the front page. But with your help, we're changing the conversation anyway.
Don't let them stop us! If you donate today, we'll double it. That's twice the headlines next year!
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Don't let them stop us! If you donate today, we'll double it. That's twice the headlines next year!
👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Unlike millionaires, we can't just pay for our opinions to be on the front page. But with your help, we're changing the conversation anyway.
Don't let them stop us! If you donate today, we'll double it. That's twice the headlines next year!
👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0
Don't let them stop us! If you donate today, we'll double it. That's twice the headlines next year!
👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0
Please like, share and donate if you value the work we do tackling inequalities of income, wealth and power! Any support you give will help ✨
We need you 🫵
Starting right now, we'll double any donation you make through the Big Give Christmas Challenge! If you've ever wanted to fight for a more equal UK, right now, your impact is doubled.
Donate now: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0
Starting right now, we'll double any donation you make through the Big Give Christmas Challenge! If you've ever wanted to fight for a more equal UK, right now, your impact is doubled.
Donate now: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Please like, share and donate if you value the work we do tackling inequalities of income, wealth and power! Any support you give will help ✨
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Are you happy to let aristocrats and tech billionaires speak for you? If so, you'll love our new report in the Guardian on money, the media, and the House of Lords 👇
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decision
Structural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected power” are reshaping British politics, according to a stark report from the Equality Trust.
Unelected influence has surged over the past two decades, the report claims, driven by the growing political clout of the ultra-rich and the institutions that enable it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are you happy to let aristocrats and tech billionaires speak for you? If so, you'll love our new report in the Guardian on money, the media, and the House of Lords 👇
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The concerns cited are fictional – when taxes are put on the richest, they stay and pay.
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The UK gov't softened tax reforms on the super rich because of the widely reported “exodus” of millionaires fleeing the UK.
Our new investigation shows that "exodus" was a complete fiction. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Our new investigation shows that "exodus" was a complete fiction. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich taxjustice.net/press/millio...
June 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The concerns cited are fictional – when taxes are put on the richest, they stay and pay.
bsky.app/profile/taxj...
bsky.app/profile/taxj...
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We all want to see society get fairer, greener, and give everyone the chance to live a decent life. The richest are making huge amounts of money by getting in the way of those goals.
Extreme wealth is an existential problem. Read more about our new analysis 👇
Extreme wealth is an existential problem. Read more about our new analysis 👇
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list
The number of billionaires in the UK has grown sharply – from 15 in 1990 to 165 in 2024 – at the same time as inequality in the UK’s overall wealth distribution has dramatically increased, analysis has found.
Timed to coincide with the Sunday Times’ rich list, the Equality Trust’s investigation also found that billionaires have become “ludicrously” more wealthy, with their average wealth skyrocketing by more than 1,000% over the same period. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We all want to see society get fairer, greener, and give everyone the chance to live a decent life. The richest are making huge amounts of money by getting in the way of those goals.
Extreme wealth is an existential problem. Read more about our new analysis 👇
Extreme wealth is an existential problem. Read more about our new analysis 👇
Wondering where obscene wealth in the UK came from? Read on...
NEW: UK’s billionaire wealth has become hugely extractive over the last 35 years. More and more billionaires and their wealth come from sources that contribute nearly nothing to the economy – like the over 1 in 4 billionaires who now get their wealth from property & inheritance.
May 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Wondering where obscene wealth in the UK came from? Read on...
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We see the harm, fear, and confusion for trans people in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. The EHRC's guidance has made this worse. Equality means standing firmly for the freedom, safety, and autonomy of all people; it means standing against misleading and divisive narratives.
April 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We see the harm, fear, and confusion for trans people in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. The EHRC's guidance has made this worse. Equality means standing firmly for the freedom, safety, and autonomy of all people; it means standing against misleading and divisive narratives.
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📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.1)
✅ More #equal countries are healthier, greener, and have fewer social problems.
❌ Note the positions of the US and UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️). See full report ➡️ media.equality-trust.out.re/uploads/2024...
✅ More #equal countries are healthier, greener, and have fewer social problems.
❌ Note the positions of the US and UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️). See full report ➡️ media.equality-trust.out.re/uploads/2024...
April 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.1)
✅ More #equal countries are healthier, greener, and have fewer social problems.
❌ Note the positions of the US and UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️). See full report ➡️ media.equality-trust.out.re/uploads/2024...
✅ More #equal countries are healthier, greener, and have fewer social problems.
❌ Note the positions of the US and UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️). See full report ➡️ media.equality-trust.out.re/uploads/2024...
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Thames Water is in court demanding a £3bn bailout loan, paid for by customers. It's the latest rip-off in decades of hiking bills, extracting profits, and dumping sewage. What's the point of a water system – to provide water or to make money for the richest? Nationalise it now!
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thames Water is in court demanding a £3bn bailout loan, paid for by customers. It's the latest rip-off in decades of hiking bills, extracting profits, and dumping sewage. What's the point of a water system – to provide water or to make money for the richest? Nationalise it now!
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Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
84% Hike for Sewage in Rivers? Tell OFWAT: Enough is Enough!
On 19th December, OFWAT will announce one of the biggest water bill hikes in history.
Despite overwhelming public opposition, water bosses are pressuring our regulator to approve a staggering 40% ave...
actionnetwork.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We are almost half way to our target with just 4 days left ✨ thank you so much to everyone who shares our vision of a UK where we can all flourish and the accumulation of obscene wealth is seen as actively destructive.
Please join the movement - inequality is not inevitable 💪🏻
Please join the movement - inequality is not inevitable 💪🏻
We've got a plan to make the UK a more equal country! And it's urgent: that's why for this week only, we're matching every donation made with the @@biggive.bsky.social. With gift aid, that means you donate £100 – we get £225.
Double your impact on inequality now: donate.biggive.org/c...
Double your impact on inequality now: donate.biggive.org/c...
December 6, 2024 at 11:58 AM
We are almost half way to our target with just 4 days left ✨ thank you so much to everyone who shares our vision of a UK where we can all flourish and the accumulation of obscene wealth is seen as actively destructive.
Please join the movement - inequality is not inevitable 💪🏻
Please join the movement - inequality is not inevitable 💪🏻
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This massive inequality isn't inevitable. The need for foodbanks has skyrocketed in the the UK – as has the number of billionaires and their wealth.
These things are two sides of the same coin. Trussell do incredible, vital work, but this inequality shouldn't be how our country works.
These things are two sides of the same coin. Trussell do incredible, vital work, but this inequality shouldn't be how our country works.
December 3, 2024 at 9:20 AM
This massive inequality isn't inevitable. The need for foodbanks has skyrocketed in the the UK – as has the number of billionaires and their wealth.
These things are two sides of the same coin. Trussell do incredible, vital work, but this inequality shouldn't be how our country works.
These things are two sides of the same coin. Trussell do incredible, vital work, but this inequality shouldn't be how our country works.
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The Equality Trust challenges concentrations of wealth and power to create conditions where people and communities thrive. Bung em a festive donation why don't you. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
The UK's inequality crisis is hurting us all
We have a new vision for the future - where everyone has a good life. To achieve this, we want …
donate.biggive.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 PM
The Equality Trust challenges concentrations of wealth and power to create conditions where people and communities thrive. Bung em a festive donation why don't you. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Well hello #Bluesky. Feeling charitable? Let’s spread some love, joy and #equality. Best put my hands in my own pocket too! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #charity #fundraising #equality #inequality
The UK's inequality crisis is hurting us all
We have a new vision for the future - where everyone has a good life. To achieve this, we want …
donate.biggive.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Well hello #Bluesky. Feeling charitable? Let’s spread some love, joy and #equality. Best put my hands in my own pocket too! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #charity #fundraising #equality #inequality
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Reporting from @lucasamin.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale has revealed a decade of bill subsidies paid to South West Water with public money – while the privatised SWW dumped sewage in record quantities and paid £1.5bn to shareholders.
Enough. Nationalise water companies now!
Enough. Nationalise water companies now!
November 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Reporting from @lucasamin.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale has revealed a decade of bill subsidies paid to South West Water with public money – while the privatised SWW dumped sewage in record quantities and paid £1.5bn to shareholders.
Enough. Nationalise water companies now!
Enough. Nationalise water companies now!
Thought I'd give it a go and see if I'm any better at posting stuff here than in all the other places... 😌
November 15, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Thought I'd give it a go and see if I'm any better at posting stuff here than in all the other places... 😌
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Billions of pounds of cuts will do exactly what austerity always does. There's an alternative: taxing the rich and investing in the rest of us. Agree? Sign the petition now 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
October 2, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Billions of pounds of cuts will do exactly what austerity always does. There's an alternative: taxing the rich and investing in the rest of us. Agree? Sign the petition now 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...