Austerity is not the answer. UKYCC is calling on The Labour Party and Rachel Reeves to change the rules of the game, and put the rights and needs of people and planet at the heart of decision-making: #AutumnBudget ukycc.com/_files/ugd/d70…

From subsidies for polluters & profiteers, to huge spending on military violence & hostile borders, public money is exacerbating the interconnected crises we face There is an alternative - see UK Youth Climate Coalition's call for public money for common good! tinyurl.com/ukycc-call-to-… #AutumnBudget

UK Youth Climate Coalition's call to action demands that public money is invested for public good in today's Budget. We agree, the needs of people and planet should be the priority! 🌍

Major moment for women empowerment with Rachel Reeves, first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, giving her first autumn budget. Iconic line ‘let there be no ceiling on hopes, ambitions and dreams’ #slay

Positive news there will be an increase in national living wage up 6.7%, which will especially help young people, those most often in the lowest paid jobs to help them with the growing cost of living #AutumnBudget

Reminder: Repeated fuel-duty freezes since 2011 have cost the govt at least £80bn and raised UK CO2 emissions by as much as 7% carbonbrief.org/analysis-fuel-…

So no tax increases on highest earners but we push the cost to businesses? Increasing costs to SMEs already struggling is not the answer - why aren’t we asking those with the deepest pockets take on the biggest burden? Poor move Ms Reeves…. #AutumnBudget

Where are the incentives to use low carbon and public transport? Sending the wrong signals to consumers and increasing the cost of climate change

BRAGGING about having the lowest tax rate on rich people’s investments in the G7?? But yeah, this government’s definitely on working people’s side. #Budget2024

Disappointingly timid changes to capital gains tax, which will only raise £2.5bn. Equalising CGT with income tax could have raised £15bn Income from wealth should not be taxed less than income from work #Budget2024

Stamp duty extra cost for 2nd homes to rise from 3% to 5% (so that's on top of normal stamp duty) - start TOMORROW #Budget

50% increase in private jet air passenger duty is a HUGE win

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Lots of talk on affordable housing and new building, which is commendable, but what are the plans to protect natural environments, ensure they utilise renewable energy, are energy efficient and adaptable to climate change? #AutumnBudget

The cost of capping bus fares at £2 would have been tiny compared with keeping the fuel duty freeze. We should be incentivizing public transport which would help reduce carbon emissions - rather than continuing with this regressive fuel duty cut. #AutumnBudget

💣 It's not just global temperatures that soared this year. ⛽️ NEW #KickBigPollutersOut coalition finds rampant Big Polluter attendance at #COP29 in Azerbaijan🇦🇿 ➡️ We need to #WeedOutTheSnakes! More at kickbigpollutersout.org. Thread🧵of findings below: