The TaxPayers' Alliance Blog
Our blog covers a wide range of topics including tax reform and local government waste
Would cutting Corporation Tax further turn the UK into a “tax haven”?
Responding to George Osborne’s plans to cut corporation tax to less than 15 per cent, John McDonnell, the...
10:47 AM
July 05, 2016
High-Speed 2 or Medium-Fast 1?
Many doubts have been raised over High-Speed 2 but it may even need to be renamed Medium-Fast 1.
11:16 AM
June 30, 2016
What a load of rubbish: Oldham council reduces bin collections
Oldham will be the latest Manchester council to change black bin collections to every 3 weeks, instead of...
11:14 AM
June 30, 2016
Jordan Taylor
The Taxpayers' Alliance are heading to Woking
The The TaxPayers' Alliance will be bringing their campaign to Woking on Thursday 21st July.
At 13:00 we'll be leafleting...
10:00 AM
June 20, 2016
Jordan Taylor
A truly sad day
Everyone has been shocked by the horrific killing yesterday of Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen in West...
12:52 PM
June 17, 2016
Jonathan Isaby
NHS pensions are bleeding the taxpayer dry
Our Chief Executive Jonathan Isaby has a piece in The Times today, not on the BHS pension scheme, but on...
11:18 AM
June 16, 2016
Jordan Taylor
New Problems With HMRC Revealed
“Callers to a [HMRC’s] tax helpline were kept on hold so long, [hold music] became the UK’s second most streamed...
12:28 PM
June 14, 2016
Roman Harasyuk
When foreign aid doesn't help
On the same day as the Westminster Hall debate on the 0.7% Foreign Aid target The...
5:59 PM
June 13, 2016
Jordan Taylor
Foreign aid has ceased to be about results
The government usually acts or passes a new law because it has a certain outcome in mind. It might be...
12:20 PM
June 13, 2016
Sorry, Prime Minister. There is no such thing as 'government money'
At Prime Ministers’ Questions yesterday, the man himself spoke about something that doesn’t actually exist.
Responding to a question...
1:19 PM
June 09, 2016
Members of the Board - Key findings and media
On Monday the TPA published research on quangos and particularly who sits on their boards. These quangos can have...
10:17 AM
June 08, 2016
Roman Harasyuk
TPA Compendium of EU-related research
As we have previously made clear, the TaxPayers’ Alliance is not campaigning for either side in the impending EU...
4:39 PM
June 07, 2016
The TaxPayers' Alliance
Throwing caution to the wind: how English onshore turbines are increasing your energy bill
England is simply not windy enough for more turbines. That’s according to RenewableUK chief executive Hugh McNeal, who’s quoted in...
4:04 PM
June 06, 2016
Katherine Gray
Tax Freedom Day 2016
Happy Tax Freedom Day! Today is the first day of the year that you start earning money for yourself!
1:00 AM
June 03, 2016
Harriette Hickey
The cost of silence
The House of Lords plays a crucial role in scrutinising the Government and its legislation – not least because so...
11:16 AM
June 02, 2016
Harry Davis
Fraud and error costs taxpayers €888 million
It has been revealed today that the EU paid a grand total of £675 million to criminals who made fraudulent...
4:31 PM
June 01, 2016
Harriette Hickey
The effects of taxes and benefits 2014-15
New ONS statistics revealed today who paid how much tax in 2014-15.
It showed that:
- The ten per cent...
4:11 PM
May 24, 2016
Another missed target for Osborne
New figures released by the Office for National Statistics today show public sector net borrowing is £2 billion higher than...
1:46 PM
May 24, 2016
Jordan Taylor
A successful Hastings campaign
On Friday the TaxPayers' Alliance office and supporters in the South East took the train to Hastings in order to...
4:42 PM
May 23, 2016
Jordan Taylor
Loophole leaves licence fee-payers in the dark
Having thought that there was finally to be some transparency over BBC salaries, it turns out that we are likely...
10:33 AM
May 23, 2016
The NAO's verdict is damning
The National Audit Office (NAO) warns that Whitehall’s efforts to streamline their services and save taxpayers’ money...
9:58 AM
May 20, 2016
Come join us in Aylesbury
It's summer and the days are growing longer; it's the perfect time for an informal TPA catch-up in Aylesbury.
If...
8:39 AM
May 20, 2016
Jordan Taylor
Making sense of pensions
When the Bank of England's Chief Economist admits that he cannot make "the remotest sense" of most pension...
2:36 PM
May 19, 2016
Dia Chakravarty
The Taxpayers' Alliance are heading to Hastings
The The TaxPayers' Alliance will be bringing their campaign to Hastings on Friday 20th May.
At 12:30pm we'll be leafleting...
4:08 PM
May 11, 2016
Jordan Taylor
Further policy victories for the TPA
Two new laws have been passed this week as a direct result of TPA campaigning which will save taxpayers' money...
10:45 AM
May 06, 2016
Harry Davis
Time to scrap the licence fee
There was a great deal of media speculation over the weekend about the BBC’s competitive scheduling. While it now seems...
1:19 PM
May 03, 2016
Poor planning leads to delays at taxpayers' expense
The remote island of St Helena was due to open its much needed new airport next month, but the project...
2:14 PM
April 28, 2016
How have taxes changed in the last 30 years?
For all the chaos of the tax system over recent decades, one thing has remained remarkably consistent.
As the graph...
5:38 PM
April 27, 2016
How much do the biggest companies pay in Corporation Tax?
Government ministers can often be heard citing statistics about the amount of tax being paid by the top 1 per...
9:46 AM
April 21, 2016
More transparency is needed in the aid budget
The Public Accounts Committee has released a widely covered report that makes several criticisms of the handling of humanitarian...
11:23 AM
April 20, 2016
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John O'Connell, Chief Executive
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