by Harry Fone, Grassroots Campaign Manager Funding for local government has been a major issue in recent years and one that continues to divide opinion. Indeed, the TPA recently held a debate considering whether councils should spend taxpayers’ money on commercial property and investments. Councillors Ferris Cowper and Gerald Vernon-Jackson... Read more...
It’s nine years since that saunter through the rose garden of Downing Street. A curious bonhomie was on show that sunny day in May 2010. The coalition had a stab at fiscal retrenchment. Adjusting for inflation, total managed expenditure fell by £5 billion between 2009-10 and 2014-15, from £824 billion... Read more...
To find out more about the Stand Against Socialism (SAS) campaign, click here By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst For decades the Communication Workers Union (CWU, formerly the postal workers union) fought privatisation of Royal Mail under both Conservative and Labour governments. But the union proved no match for the combined... Read more...
To learn more about the Stand Against Socialism (SAS) campaign, click here. by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst Today marks the 70th anniversary of the modern Commonwealth. To mark this auspicious occasion, let’s take a look at some of the economic policies of our friends around the world to see what... Read more...
We were pleased to be joined this morning by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, at an event to launch a new TPA report on introducing more automation and technology in to health and social care. He welcomed the report's findings and agreed that... Read more...
by John O'Connell, Chief Executive Tomorrow, we're launching the next paper in our series on introducing more automation in the public sector. A lot of our work at the TPA focuses on fighting for lower taxes. But the flip side of the coin is securing better services. With the tax... Read more...
To learn more about the Stand Against Socialism (SAS) campaign, click here. by Duncan Simpson, Policy Analyst The terrorist chic of the Che Guevara t-shirt has had remarkable staying power. If you put his name into eBay, you get a staggering 36,000 results. Yet leading figures on the left and... Read more...
It’s that time of year again: the bills are going up. April has arrived and brought with it a flood of eye-watering rises, not least the calls to cough up yet more council tax. Across England, the typical household is facing a nasty 4.7 per cent rise. Council leaders are... Read more...
By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst The TaxPayers’ Alliance released its first Town Hall Rich List in 2007. Since then we have published it 12 times covering 13 years up to the present. When we first compiled the Rich List the data was compiled via Freedom of Information requests. This garnered... Read more...
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst The Soft Drinks Industry Levy, more commonly referred to as the sugar tax, came into force one year ago today. Although it’s only been in force for one year, let’s have a look at its impact so far and why sugar taxes are a bad... Read more...
To learn more about the Stand Against Socialism Campaign, click here. by Chloe Westley, Campaign ManagerThe freedom to question and criticise the government is essential for any free and democratic society. Journalists and ordinary citizens should absolutely have the right to hold those in elected office accountable for their actions.... Read more...
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy AnalystToday marks April Fools’ Day. We all know the drill: unfunny pranks played on unsuspecting and irritated victims. Perhaps this is why, on this day in 1965, corporation tax was put into effect. It was believed at the time by the tax consultant John Chown that,... Read more...