Anna Marriott
@annamarriott.bsky.social
Passionate about healthcare for all and taxing the super rich
Love this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fixing England’s water isn’t just the right thing to do – it can be the start of Labour’s fightback | Clive Lewis
There is an appetite in this country for policy that will change lives. What is more fundamental than the water we use and bills we pay, asks Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Love this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Growing inequality causes growing poverty. Protect your family: tax wealth not work." watch Gary' economics youtu.be/rAb_p5DCC3E?... (and read Thomas Picketty too)
How to stop the economy from collapsing
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Growing inequality causes growing poverty. Protect your family: tax wealth not work." watch Gary' economics youtu.be/rAb_p5DCC3E?... (and read Thomas Picketty too)
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“It is morally bankrupt to make people living in poverty pay the greatest price for Government spending decisions, and it’s a false choice when the extreme wealth of the UK’s super rich is skyrocketing but goes untouched.” - Anna Marriott of @oxfamgb.bsky.social
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves warned of 'moral bankruptcy' as she prepares cuts
The Chancellor is under fire from Jeremy Corbyn and charities warn against pushing people deeper into poverty with cuts to benefits and foreign aid
www.express.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“It is morally bankrupt to make people living in poverty pay the greatest price for Government spending decisions, and it’s a false choice when the extreme wealth of the UK’s super rich is skyrocketing but goes untouched.” - Anna Marriott of @oxfamgb.bsky.social
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Just found you @felixundstein.bsky.social
More push back against blind optimism on blended finance in global health.
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Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
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Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
Blended finance to the rescue? Subsidies, vaccine bonds and matching funds in global health
To close persistent global health financing gaps, policymakers have in recent years promoted the idea of ‘blended finance’, i.e. the strategic use of public funds to attract additional private sect...
doi.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just found you @felixundstein.bsky.social
More push back against blind optimism on blended finance in global health.
=
Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
=
Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
Blended finance to the rescue? Subsidies, vaccine bonds and matching funds in global health
To close persistent global health financing gaps, policymakers have in recent years promoted the idea of ‘blended finance’, i.e. the strategic use of public funds to attract additional private sect...
doi.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More push back against blind optimism on blended finance in global health.
=
Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
=
Expensive!
Benefits favour large private actors
Unclear benefits for intended beneficiaries.
⬆️evidence to ⛔but when did evidence alone ever stop powerful commercial interests?
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servant
It’s not just Starmer’s policy is immoral and will be ineffective. It also sidesteps the safeguards we have to prevent calamitous decisions, says the secret civil servant
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"I think most people would rather see wealthy #billionaires taxed, than see money being clawed back from children in #Sudan or children under rubble in #Gaza."
- @oxfamgb.bsky.social's @halimabegum.bsky.social speaking to Sky News on the UK Government's aid cuts.
- @oxfamgb.bsky.social's @halimabegum.bsky.social speaking to Sky News on the UK Government's aid cuts.
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"I think most people would rather see wealthy #billionaires taxed, than see money being clawed back from children in #Sudan or children under rubble in #Gaza."
- @oxfamgb.bsky.social's @halimabegum.bsky.social speaking to Sky News on the UK Government's aid cuts.
- @oxfamgb.bsky.social's @halimabegum.bsky.social speaking to Sky News on the UK Government's aid cuts.
"Within a generation, we’ve lost a sense of public assets and public housing. But that means we can also get it back in a generation.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff of 2024, a crisis hidden in plain sight | Aditya Chakrabortty
Her right to buy policy enriched the private sector at taxpayers’ expense. Last year, it sparked another gold rush – and looming calamity for local authorities, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabo...
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Within a generation, we’ve lost a sense of public assets and public housing. But that means we can also get it back in a generation.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bluesky is garabge for videos but I have done one promise:
Labour MP on Donald Trump
youtube.com/shorts/3H906...
Labour MP on Donald Trump
youtube.com/shorts/3H906...
Labour MP on Donald Trump 🌹❤️ #wsebag #labour #ukpolitics #uspolitics #donaldtrump #keristarmer
YouTube video by Will Sebag-Montefiore
youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Bluesky is garabge for videos but I have done one promise:
Labour MP on Donald Trump
youtube.com/shorts/3H906...
Labour MP on Donald Trump
youtube.com/shorts/3H906...
A coalition of leading African civil society groups call on the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals following a Bloomberg News investigation
@britishintinv.bsky.social @proparco.bsky.social @eib.org www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
@britishintinv.bsky.social @proparco.bsky.social @eib.org www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
African NGOs Call on World Bank to Exit Hospital Investments
A coalition of leading African civil society groups called on the World Bank to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals, following a Bloomberg News investigation that found some facilities backed...
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A coalition of leading African civil society groups call on the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals following a Bloomberg News investigation
@britishintinv.bsky.social @proparco.bsky.social @eib.org www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
@britishintinv.bsky.social @proparco.bsky.social @eib.org www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
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Focusing on this today- there is another way! And very proud of my sister @annamarriott.bsky.social for hard work on this more than ever important agenda
While many struggle to make ends meet, the wealth of the super-rich has soared. It doesn’t have to be this way. There’s another way—one that prioritises fairness, sustainability, and equality. It starts with making those at the top pay their fair share.
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/40FunBq #Davos
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/40FunBq #Davos
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Focusing on this today- there is another way! And very proud of my sister @annamarriott.bsky.social for hard work on this more than ever important agenda
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New analysis of how financialisation shapes global health - by @collectivehealth.bsky.social members @benmhunter.bsky.social @felixundstein.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social @dcmccoy11.bsky.social and others
New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New analysis of how financialisation shapes global health - by @collectivehealth.bsky.social members @benmhunter.bsky.social @felixundstein.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social @dcmccoy11.bsky.social and others
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@felixundstein.bsky.social &@benmhunter.bsky.social joined the Collective Conversation to discuss a new co-authored report Private Financial Actors & Financialisation in Global Health
The event was chaired by Susan Erikson & co-organised by
@unu-iigh.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94g...
The event was chaired by Susan Erikson & co-organised by
@unu-iigh.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94g...
Private Finance and Financialisation: A Threat to Global Health
YouTube video by SUM Centre for Development and the Environment, UiO
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
@felixundstein.bsky.social &@benmhunter.bsky.social joined the Collective Conversation to discuss a new co-authored report Private Financial Actors & Financialisation in Global Health
The event was chaired by Susan Erikson & co-organised by
@unu-iigh.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94g...
The event was chaired by Susan Erikson & co-organised by
@unu-iigh.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c94g...
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X refuses to remove stabbing video watched by Southport killer
https://www.ft.com/content/3c8923f3-9e30-4fdd-927c-d69754efd737
https://www.ft.com/content/3c8923f3-9e30-4fdd-927c-d69754efd737
X refuses to remove stabbing video watched by Southport killer
Axel Rudakubana was able to view Australian clip before murdering three young children despite pleas from authorities
www.ft.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
X refuses to remove stabbing video watched by Southport killer
https://www.ft.com/content/3c8923f3-9e30-4fdd-927c-d69754efd737
https://www.ft.com/content/3c8923f3-9e30-4fdd-927c-d69754efd737
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“Like manipulative partners, the super-wealthy have legitimized an extremely unequal economic model by convincing us that we’d be worse off without them.
But today, the jig is up. It’s become increasingly obvious that the world’s billionaires are takers, not makers.”
zeteo.com/p/the-billio...
But today, the jig is up. It’s become increasingly obvious that the world’s billionaires are takers, not makers.”
zeteo.com/p/the-billio...
The Billions vs. the Billionaires
Introducing Zeteo’s new column on economics and politics from acclaimed British commentator and author Grace Blakeley.
zeteo.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“Like manipulative partners, the super-wealthy have legitimized an extremely unequal economic model by convincing us that we’d be worse off without them.
But today, the jig is up. It’s become increasingly obvious that the world’s billionaires are takers, not makers.”
zeteo.com/p/the-billio...
But today, the jig is up. It’s become increasingly obvious that the world’s billionaires are takers, not makers.”
zeteo.com/p/the-billio...
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Women are being forced down the private route for gynae care because of the underfunding of the NHS. The private sector knows this and so will turn it to their advantage including by raising prices. Our Director in today's Guardian. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Women paying up to £11,000 for a hysterectomy amid NHS delays
Claims private sector taking advantage of long waits as cost of procedure rises sharply
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Women are being forced down the private route for gynae care because of the underfunding of the NHS. The private sector knows this and so will turn it to their advantage including by raising prices. Our Director in today's Guardian. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Stay up to date with the members of the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health!
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January 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Stay up to date with the members of the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health!
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
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💬 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's @annamarriott.bsky.social:
"Oxfam has been raising the alarm about the IFC’s investments in private healthcare for well over a decade. Their response, alongside the other development banks, has been inexcusably lackluster."
"Oxfam has been raising the alarm about the IFC’s investments in private healthcare for well over a decade. Their response, alongside the other development banks, has been inexcusably lackluster."
💬 "Some families said that corpses of relatives were held at IFC-backed hospitals until they could pull together sufficient funds."
Shocking revelations in @bloomberg.com regarding patients’ rights abuses in IFC-funded private hospitals.
MUST READ 🚨⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Shocking revelations in @bloomberg.com regarding patients’ rights abuses in IFC-funded private hospitals.
MUST READ 🚨⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Patients Detained, Denied Care at Hospitals Funded by World Bank
Billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit facilities from Africa to Asia were supposed to improve access to healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
💬 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's @annamarriott.bsky.social:
"Oxfam has been raising the alarm about the IFC’s investments in private healthcare for well over a decade. Their response, alongside the other development banks, has been inexcusably lackluster."
"Oxfam has been raising the alarm about the IFC’s investments in private healthcare for well over a decade. Their response, alongside the other development banks, has been inexcusably lackluster."
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New analysis of how #financialisation changes #globalhealth, by @benmhunter.bsky.social, @dcmccoy11.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social Victor Roy, Benjamin Wood and me. collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10...
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New analysis of how #financialisation changes #globalhealth, by @benmhunter.bsky.social, @dcmccoy11.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social Victor Roy, Benjamin Wood and me. collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10...
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South Africa's NHI reforms can definitely work if there is the political commitment to implement them mg.co.za/thought-lead...
The National Health Insurance scheme can work, this is how – The Mail & Guardian
The NHI is a constitutional Imperative for universal healthcare
mg.co.za
December 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
South Africa's NHI reforms can definitely work if there is the political commitment to implement them mg.co.za/thought-lead...
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If billionaires shouldn't exist, what to make of billionaire nepo babies??
Brilliant new report from @4taxfairness.bsky.social. Looks at beneficiaries of a rigged system that lets ungodly amounts of undertaxed wealth pass from one generation to the next. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-...
Brilliant new report from @4taxfairness.bsky.social. Looks at beneficiaries of a rigged system that lets ungodly amounts of undertaxed wealth pass from one generation to the next. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-...
Billionaire Nepo Babies: How the Nation's Wealthiest Inheritors Are Spending Extreme Fortunes - Americans For Tax Fairness
Read the full report here. INTRODUCTION Descendants of some of America’s richest families are spending millions of dollars on expensive toys, extravagant celebrations, and vanity businesses and career...
americansfortaxfairness.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:46 PM
If billionaires shouldn't exist, what to make of billionaire nepo babies??
Brilliant new report from @4taxfairness.bsky.social. Looks at beneficiaries of a rigged system that lets ungodly amounts of undertaxed wealth pass from one generation to the next. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-...
Brilliant new report from @4taxfairness.bsky.social. Looks at beneficiaries of a rigged system that lets ungodly amounts of undertaxed wealth pass from one generation to the next. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-...
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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 usual suspects - including the UK, US, Israel, & Canada - remain opposed to the #UNTaxConvention.
Thanks to leadership from the Global South, particularly the Africa Group, it lives on.
The UK says it wants genuine partnership with the Global South - time to deliver.
Thanks to leadership from the Global South, particularly the Africa Group, it lives on.
The UK says it wants genuine partnership with the Global South - time to deliver.
Our @taxjusticenet.bsky.social press release is out: The UN votes marks the real start of a historic overhaul of global tax governance
taxjustice.net/press/united...
taxjustice.net/press/united...
United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to begin historic, global tax overhaul | Tax Justice Network
US and UK left isolated as only nine countries oppose progress A historic vote at the UN General Assembly today saw countries decide overwhelmingly to begin the formal negotiation of a UN framework co...
taxjustice.net
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
The usual suspects - including the UK, US, Israel, & Canada - remain opposed to the #UNTaxConvention.
Thanks to leadership from the Global South, particularly the Africa Group, it lives on.
The UK says it wants genuine partnership with the Global South - time to deliver.
Thanks to leadership from the Global South, particularly the Africa Group, it lives on.
The UK says it wants genuine partnership with the Global South - time to deliver.