Multimillionaires' wealth soar in record-breaking rise

All three main parties have stated that they will make savage cuts to our services and public sector job to pay for the trillion pounds of our money given to bailout the banks.

Now the Sunday Times reveals that Britain's top 1,000 wealthiest people have had a very good year. Their combined wealth rose to £335 billion, up £77 billion on 2009. This is the biggest increase in the 22 years of the Sunday Times' Rich List.



So while the vast majority of the population have been told to put up with wage freezes, job losses and the closure of local services, the rich have been making record amounts of money.

And not one of the main parties will demand that the rich hand over any of their wealth.

That is why I am standing: to put the case for taking the rich far more and taking their wealth to pay for our services and benefits, to improve our homes and environment.

The banks should be nationalised and controlled by society to benefit everyone and the rich should have far higher taxes.