Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done on backs of the poor'

• What is a wealth tax and would it work in the UK?

A growing number of climate groups are campaigning for the introduction of a wealth tax to ensure the transition to a sustainable economy is not done on the backs of the poor".

Last week campaigners from Green New Deal Rising staged a sit-in outside the Reform UK party's London headquarters as part of a wave of protests targeting the offices, shops and private clubs of the super-rich across the UK.