# Robert Palmer

Deputy Director, Uplift

A seasoned economic and climate justice campaigner, Robert is deputy director at Uplift.

He provides strategic leadership, builds key external partnerships and is a spokesperson for the organisation.

Before joining Uplift, Robert was the first executive director of Tax Justice UK, campaigning for a fairer, and more effective tax system.

The team Robert built helped to put wealth taxation onto the political agenda, winning major policy reforms along the way.

Prior to that, Robert led a multi-award winning team at Global Witness, focused on how the financial system facilitates corruption and conflict.

Robert has testified before the UK and European parliaments, as well as spoken at the annual TED conference.

Profile: https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203

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## Views

- [Government unveils £30m to boost rollout of community-led clean energy projects](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/07f2822e5a59404b)
- [Coalition sets out winter rescue plan for Chancellor’s Budget](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/4c025a9a05a54f83)
- [Reform’s plans to abolish the Warm Home Discount](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/cb5f93a467825031)
- [A nation divided by energy savers and energy strugglers revealed in new research](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/9c2ca2a2a839ab04)
- [Burnham sets out package of measures to respond to devastating wildfires](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/487eee39240ea337)
- [War windfalls for energy elite as bills set to rise](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/a61eb1625edb3241)
- [UK could see hottest day of year as parts of England may hit 38C](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/fefeb8ef75797fc6)
- [PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid ‘extreme heat’ warning and wildfires](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/06baa57a07283eaf)
- [PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid ‘extreme heat’ warning and wildfires](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/b0898fe58988e638)
- [BP profits soar to four-year high after boost from Iran war](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/ba89822c7213adda)
- [‘Shell-out’ for climate change, say Brits](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/31da4f7a33a84b3f)
- [Half of England plunges into ‘flash drought’ after low rain and hot weather](https://experts.pressassociation.com/expert/203/views/ad60b8a02153ebe5)