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Private jet on the runway at sunset

4 Feb 2026

Private jet tax must be tough, fast and fearless
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4 Feb 2026

Council Tax under fire as Scots strongly back reform
Image of a row of houses with green grass in the foreground and blue sky

29 Jan 2026

What's so wrong with Council Tax?
A towering pile of neatly stacked $100 bills, bundled with golden bands, with a few bills floating around the heap. The scene is bathed in soft golden light, emphasising the wealth and abundance of the cash

19 Jan 2026

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality
A stylised illustration of a private jet flying above a grayscale Earth, with messy black loops encircling the planet, all set against a textured green background.

13 Jan 2026

Private jet tax aims to end super-rich’s pass to pollute
A worn blue paperback copy of The Hobbit with the words “Pleasure in Reading” across the top, featuring a bright red dragon with spread wings breathing fire over an erupting volcano and burning village, and the author credit “J R R Tolkien” in white text

12 Jan 2026

Rare Hobbit read sparks festive magic at Oxfam Stirling with record sale
Private jet on runway at sunset

10 Jan 2026

Call for ‘cast-iron’ Scottish Budget commitment on a private jet tax
Illustration of people in various caring roles including pushing a wheelchair, holding a baby

18 Dec 2025

Scotland’s ‘not making the grade’ on care, new report card shows
Alarm clock with text reading time to tax

16 Dec 2025

Tax rises are a price worth paying
Two women sit side by side outdoors, smiling and listening during a community meeting. Both wear light blue Oxfam-branded “Forum des femmes” polo shirts. One woman has a black headscarf and holds papers, while the other wears a green knitted hat and a pat

25 Nov 2025

When dignity blossoms again in Humule
Private jet sitting on the tarmac with blue sky

20 Nov 2025

Scottish Government should ‘turn words into action’ by backing new global plan to tax private jets and other premium flyers
Illustration of woman holding sign saying People and Planet over profit

9 Nov 2025

Scotland must put people before polluters