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		<title>Today&#8217;s public sector strikes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public sector workers are out on strike again today but in much smaller numbers. The unions taking part today are the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest civil service trade union; Unite, representing NHS workers, Ministry of Defence firefighters and others; the University and College Union; the Immigration Services Union; Rail, Maritime and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/05/strikes.html</link>
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		<title>First binmen, now MPs: iPads could be rolled out across Parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many would consider an iPad a luxury, non-essential item but this week it was revealed that all 650 MPs could soon be getting one, paid for by taxpayers. This was the recommendation of the Commons Administration Committee chaired by John Bercow, the Commons Speaker who called for the “rapid roll-out of suitable mobile tablet hardware”. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/05/binmen-mps-ipads-rolled-parliament.html</link>
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		<title>The public sector merry-go-round must grind to a halt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lucrative pay-outs followed by new contracts of employment are not uncommon in the public sector. However at a time when essential savings must be found, it is even more important that the so-called public sector merry-go-round grinds to a halt. Only last week we exposed the record number of council employees receiving pay and perks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/05/public-sector-merrygoround-grind-halt.html</link>
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		<title>TaxPayers&#8217; Alliance in Grantham campaigning against Fuel Duty increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) will be holding an action day in Grantham on Saturday 28 April to oppose the planned 3p per litre increase in Fuel Duty announced in the Budget. Motorists in Britain pay the highest Fuel Duty in Europe and also pay Vehicle Excise Duty and VAT on top of that. TPA research revealed that drivers in South Kesteven district pay the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/taxpayers-alliance-grantham-campaigning-fuel-duty-increase.html</link>
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		<title>Town Hall Rich List mentioned in PMQs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Within hours of the 2012 edition of our Town Hall Rich List being published, its findings were being raised with David Cameron on the floor of the House of Commons at Prime Minister’s Questions. Burton MP Andrew Griffiths echoed our concerns about the exorbitant salaries enjoyed by many top executives in local government and urged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/town-hall-rich-list-mentioned-pmqs.html</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: Government proposes to filter legal content for child safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing for The Commentator, Dominique Lazanski argues  that the government continues to suffer from poor research, ‘fag packet’ proposals and a general lack of understanding of the web issues that face the UK today. Today, a cross party group of MPs announced widespread filtering of the Internet in the UK. Under the proposals, the group has said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/comment-government-proposes-filter-legal-content-child-safety.html</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: Staring into the public sector pensions abyss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing for Public Service Europe, Emma Boon argues that the £54 billion deficit in local government pensions isn&#8217;t going away without reform of council pension funds. If you have ever worried about not paying your credit card off at the end of the month or lost some sleep over an overdraft, then spare a thought for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/comment-staring-public-sector-pensions-abyss.html</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: Tax transparency treats the symptom not the cause</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If we worry about politicians dodging taxes, attack the dodging, not the privacy, writes the Matthew Sinclair for the New Statesman. Do we really want to live in a country where politicians have to hand out their tax returns, medical history and birth certificate to the press, like they do in the United States? I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/comment-tax-transparency-treats-symptom.html</link>
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		<title>Black market blues: why the UK must close the tax gap on tobacco, fuel and alcohol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing for The Commentator, Emma Boon explains that as long as taxes on tobacco, fuel and alcohol are high, the Government will fail to tackle the serious and growing problem that is the illicit market. A few weeks ago nearly 50,000 illegal cigarettes and 50kg of hand rolling tobacco worth £19,000 were seized by HM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/black-market-blues-uk-close-tax-gap-tobacco-fuel-alcohol.html</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: Taxpayer funding of political parties would damage our democracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing for Politics.co.uk, Robert Oxley explains how taxpayers got a terrible deal from bailing out the banks and would get another bad one for bailing out politicians. The allegation that Tory donors were able to effectively buy access to the Prime Minister have intensified the debate over how we fund politics in Britain. Following a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/campaign/2012/04/comment-taxpayer-funding-political-parties-damage-democracy.html</link>
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