The TaxPayers’ Alliance has been an active participant in the media and public debate over issues ranging from taxation to public waste.
This archive contains the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s recently issued press releases, organised by date.
30 January 2012: Average family pays £656,000 in tax over their lifetime
25 January 2012: £1 in every £5 of Council Tax goes on council pensions
18 January 2012: TaxPayers’ Alliance finds increase in number of middle managers at Midlands councils
13 January 2012: TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals incredible credit card spending at Scottish Enterprise
11 January 2012: TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign to end taxpayer funding of trade unions gathers momentum
10 January 2012: TaxPayers’ Alliance: Economic case for HS2 isn’t credible
6 January 2012: British Council’s multi-million pound credit card spending revealed
30 December 2011: Taxpayers will have to work until 26 July to pay for the cost of government in 2012 – three more days than in 2007
20 December 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to Public Accounts Committee report on HMRC tax disputes with big companies
14 December 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance estimates 7,852 council staff suspended for 2,500 working years
8 December 2011: Northern Ireland councils STILL paying staff high mileage rates
6 December 2011: TPA sets out powers PM should bring home from European Council
30 November 2011: Information on public sector strikes, pensions and unions
29 November 2011: TPA reaction to Autumn Financial Statement
28 November 2011: New research reveals more former civil servants drawing a pension than paying in
25 November 2011: Taxpayers fund trade unions to the tune of £113 million a year
18 November 2011: TPA attacks carbon floor price as industrial masochism
4 November 2011: TPA launches major tax transparency campaign: Pioneering smartphone tax app and report shows true cost of purchases
2 November 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to London Cyberspace Conference
2 November 2011: Sustainable Development Commission credit card spending revealed
28 October 2011: TPA reveals October’s ‘Pin-Up’ and ‘Pinhead’ of the Month
27 October 2011: Midlands’ Councils Flights
21 October 2011: TPA calls for National Insurance to be scrapped, to stop future HMRC fiascos and to promote growth
13 October 2011: Major analysis of NHS reveals nearly 12,000 unnecessary deaths a year
30 September 2011: TPA name inaugural Pin-Up and Pinhead of the Month
27 September 2011: TfL Surplus Staff
16 September 2011: The £28bn hidden cost of High Speed Rail
14 September 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals union fat cats
3 September 2011: Stop taxpayer funding of trade unions in Tameside
25 August 2011: £27.4 billion not collected by the taxman
17 August 2011: New book exposes the crippling cost of climate change policy and the special interests that profit most
16 August 2011: TPA reaction to rural broadband subsidies announcement
15 August 2011: New book finds green taxes are excessive by over £500 per family
27 July 2011: Jonathan Isaby joins growing TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign team
28 June 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reveal Trade Union Rich List
24 June 2011: Public support billions of extra spending cuts to foreign aid, high speed rail and trade union funding
21 June 2011: TPA reaction to independent report on high speed rail
21 June 2011: New TPA videos ask ‘Why are the Government taxing the poor to pay for a rich man’s train?’
16 June 2011: TPA learns Royal Mail kept 287 surplus staff on payroll
4 June 2011: Whitehall’s £25m on taxpayer funded credit cards
26 May 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance uncovers millions spent by BBC and S4C on private healthcare
20 May 2011: Morley’s sentence is “justice for taxpayers”
14 May 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance – We Rallied Against Debt
13 May 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance attending Rally Against Debt 14th May
12 May 2011: ‘Cancel High Speed Rail’ said: Green Party; RAC Foundation; Countryside Alliance; AGAHST; TaxPayers’ Alliance
10 May 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance verdict on the Coalition 1 year on
20 April 2011: Police authorities spend over £1m on publications
15 April 2011: The world’s fastest speaker reads the tax code
14 April 2011: Council staff claim £427 million for mileage
7 April 2011: TPA reaction to former MP Elliot Morley guilty plea
31 March 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to Jim Devine sentence
30 March 2011: The Truth About High Speed Rail Capacity
23 March 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to Budget 2011
17 March 2011: Town Hall Rich List 2011
10 March 2011: Business leaders and economic commentators attack HS2 proposal
2 March 2011: HS2 will cost four jobs for every one it creates
28 February 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance highlights incredible cost of HS2 project
24 February 2011: Schools spent £293 million on supply teachers
17 February 2011: Shocking disparity in number of bins
11 February 2011: Individual tax guides are longer than War and Peace
10 February 2011: TPA reaction to Eric Illsley sentencing
10 February 2011: TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to conviction of former MP Jim Devine
4 February 2011: High Speed Rail (HSR) is a Huge Spending Risk
28 January 2011: Soaps, celebrities and the fair tax debate
25 January 2011: TPA reaction to conviction of Lord Taylor of Warwick
25 January 2011: TPA responds to ONS debt and growth figures
20 January 2011: Motorists are being throttled by excessive taxes
14 January 2011: A meeting of minds to map out the future of tax
11 January 2011: TPA reaction to Eric Illsley conviction
7 January 2011: TPA reaction to sentencing of David Chaytor
22 December 2010: Pass the salt
15 December 2010: TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to MPs’ expenses latest
9 December 2010: The TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals Christmas tax bill is £283 per family
2 December 2010: New research on taxpayer funded environmentalism
