In this document Patrick Barbour discusses the problems created by the present system of government and the principles by which it might be improved. Subsequent papers will outline detailed programmes for different government functions. Download Better Government Position Paper (PDF) Read more...
This press release outlines the problems the Better Government campaign seeks to address and sets out the results of an ICM poll showing public disaffection with politics. Download Better Government Press Release (PDF) Read more...
TPA response to Tax Freedom Day, which in 2007 fell on 1 June. The report compares estimates of Tax Freedom Day in other countries. Download Tax Freedom Day response (PDF) Read more...
The TPA commissioned the respected Centre for Economics and Business Research to build a dynamic model of the UK, to show how tax reductions will benefit the economy. This report explains how the model was set up and simulates a reduction in the corporation tax rate to the Irish rate... Read more...
This report shows how, if Gordon Brown had not increased the tax burden, the basic rate of income tax could have been cut to just 10 per cent.Download The real cost of Gordon Brown (PDF) Read more...
A fair income tax which taxed all income at the same percentage would dramatically improve incentives, while bureaucracy could be dispensed with almost entirely. This idea, already sweeping Eastern Europe, is the 'flat tax'.Published by The TaxPayers' Alliance and The Stockholm NetworkYou can order a copy of the flat tax... Read more...
The TaxPayers' Alliance responds to the Tax Reform Commission report. Download Tax Reform Commission response note (PDF) Read more...
How much will the average person pay in tax during their lifetime? Find out in this TaxPayers' Alliance Research Note. Download Total Lifetime Tax (PDF) Read more...
Today's Third Reading debate on David Maclean's Freedom of Information Amendment Bill has just concluded after several hours with a vote in favour from a total of 78 Labour MPs and 18 Tories. Both main parties declared themselves to be “neutral” on the issue and many MPs deliberately chose... Read more...
Controversies from Brussels and closer to home Dr Lee Rotherham With a foreword by Lord Lamont Read more...