The TaxPayers' Alliance Blog
Our blog covers a wide range of topics including tax reform and local government waste
Could the end be in sight for stamp duty?
We first called for stamp duty to be abolished as far back as 2012. Five years down the line, it...
2:23 PM
August 09, 2017
Stamp Duty Land Tax - What is it?
Stamp Duty Land Tax
12:29 PM
August 09, 2017
Action on Sugar leave a bad taste in the mouth
Action on Sugar today attacked cereal manufacturers over their ‘scandalous’ decision not to use colour-coded labels that reveal the amount...
11:15 AM
August 08, 2017
Ben Ramanauskas
It's not more money that the NHS needs...
The National Director of Clinical Quality and Efficiency of the NHS, Professor Tim Briggs, today stated that the NHS must...
10:00 AM
August 04, 2017
Ben Ramanauskas
Farming Tomorrow Today
Policy Exchange's new report, Farming Tomorrow, has many excellent suggestions for the reform of the UK's agricultural sector. The report,...
3:06 PM
August 01, 2017
Ben Ramanauskas
Open letter to the Transport Select Committee
This project is deeply unpopular and has managed to garner opposition to it from across the political spectrum. As recently...
12:18 PM
July 31, 2017
John O'Connell
Vice chancellors' vices
The vice chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland, Craig Mahoney, has today bemoaned his salary of £227,000...
2:13 PM
July 27, 2017
Duncan Simpson
Euston Station Action Day
We were out campaigning today at Euston Station, the first stop on the HS2 line (if it's ever built!). We...
11:18 AM
July 26, 2017
The TaxPayers' Alliance
Guildford Action Day
Pictures from our action day in Guildford have been uploaded onto our Facebook page.
10:44 AM
July 24, 2017
BBC Pay Day Dismay
This morning the BBC released information regarding the salaries of their highest earning employees including the likes of Gary Lineker...
3:58 PM
July 19, 2017
New report confirms that aid money is wasted (we told you so)
A report by the National Audit Office released this week has highlighted key deficiencies with our system of distributing...
12:18 PM
July 19, 2017
Thomas Overend
Flop Gun
The recent fiasco over the government’s overpriced acquisition of F-35B Lightning II Joint Combat Fighter is yet more reason for...
4:19 PM
July 18, 2017
Taylor Boyce
Leicester Action Day
A very successful day in Leicester. People around the city centre were very responsive and incredibly supportive. It is always...
5:00 PM
July 17, 2017
James Price
No, austerity isn't reducing life expectancy
A report published by Sir Michael Marmot of University College London raises fear regarding life expectancy in the UK. According...
3:54 PM
July 17, 2017
Action Day in Gloucester
Thank you to all our volunteers who came out to Gloucester this Saturday! We talked about council tax increases, Town...
5:00 PM
July 10, 2017
James Price
Corporation tax vs. public sector pay cap
As debate over the public sector pay cap - not only concerning whether, but how to lift it -...
3:36 PM
July 04, 2017
Matt Gillow
HS2 is an ongoing nightmare
Announced in last weeks Queen's Speech was the extension of the current planned route of HS2. As part of the...
11:09 AM
June 30, 2017
The TaxPayers' Alliance
Is our spending on healthcare really below average?
The British Medical Association (BMA) has held its Annual Representative Meeting in Bournemouth today, where it has called for spending...
4:04 PM
June 26, 2017
Income tax burden increasingly unequal
HMRC has today published figures on income tax liabilities, showing a number of interesting patterns, the most significant of which...
4:03 PM
May 31, 2017
TPA Bulletin - 19th May, 2017
