Tag: Oxfam

£11,500 Sherlock Holmes first edition detected at Oxfam bookshop

Stuart Mitchell

A rare first edition of The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle has been uncovered at an Oxfam bookshop in Shrewsbury, selling for £11,520 at Bonhams auction house after staff pieced together clues about its value. The volume surfaced among routine donations, but the Oxfam team identified tell-tale signs that it was something out of the ordinary. Following a closer examination of its condition, provenance and distinguishing features, the book was referred for specialist assessment and later consigned to Bonhams, where competitive bidding drove the final sale price to…

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10 richest New York billionaires gained $42 billion in the last year, as ordinary New Yorkers struggled with affordability

Stuart Mitchell

New Oxfam America brief shows how raising taxes on New York’s ultra-rich could ease the harmful effects of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. As New York policymakers consider a range of proposed tax reforms, Oxfam America, part of the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released a new brief today detailing how a modest increase in taxes for New York’s wealthiest residents could raise revenue and restore tax fairness. According to Oxfam America, such proposals could help offset the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBBA)…

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Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam

Stuart Mitchell

Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report today as the World Economic Forum opens in Davos. Billionaire wealth has increased by 81 percent since 2020. This comes as one in four people don’t regularly have enough to eat and nearly half the world’s population lives in poverty. The report “Resisting the Rule of the Rich: Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power” analyzes how the super-rich are…

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Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam

Stuart Mitchell

Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report today as the World Economic Forum opens in Davos. Billionaire wealth has increased by 81 percent since 2020. This comes as one in four people don’t regularly have enough to eat and nearly half the world’s population lives in poverty. The report “Resisting the Rule of the Rich: Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power” analyzes how the super-rich are…

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World’s richest 1% have blown through their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026 in just 10 days

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on 3 January. This day – named by Oxfam as ‘Pollutocrat Day’ – highlights how the super-rich are disproportionately responsible for driving the climate crisis. Each of the UK’s richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution on average in eight days than someone…

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