Autumn statement 2023: The good and the bad
by Jonathan Eida, researcher The autumn statement was a... Read more...
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The TPA's autumn statement wish list
By: Rory Meakin, research fellow What should chancellor, Jeremy... Read more...
Four takeaways from the King’s Speech
By Jonathan Eida, researcher Tuesday marked King Charles’ first... Read more...
The £100 million question: Is the covid inquiry just expensive theatre?
by Elliot Keck, head of campaigns It’s safe to say... Read more...
Bleak outlook for taxpayers ahead of Conservative Party Conference
by Conor Holohan, media campaign manager Once the TPA... Read more...
Why voters need a right to recall
By: Conor Holohan, media campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
A broadband tax won’t save the BBC
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager Last month, the... Read more...
The alarming state of government finances
By: Mike Denham, chairman of the TaxPayers' Alliance The... Read more...
You can't hide from your debts
By: Jonathan Eida, researcher at the TaxPayers' Alliance Rishi... Read more...
The public sector jobs boom
By Mike Denham, chairman of the TaxPayers' Alliance Analysis... Read more...
A tourism tax would discourage people from visiting Wales
by Conor Holohan, media campaign manager Last week the... Read more...
What to make of the Spring Budget after the dust has settled
On the day itself, our chairman Mike Denham told an... Read more...
Spring Budget 2023: Five things you need to know
By James Roberts, managing director As we at the TaxPayers’... Read more...
New Year’s speeches: More status-quo from Sunak and Starmer?
By Conor Holohan, media campaign manager When Rishi Sunak... Read more...
UKHSA: Triumph or failure?
By Tom Ryan, researcher Back in May 2020, at... Read more...
10 things you need to know about regional pay bargaining
There’s been a big (Twitter) row about the policy of... Read more...
It's time to scrap national pay bargaining
by Benjamin Elks, Fundraising, Operations and Events Assistant at the TaxPayers'... Read more...
Spend, borrow, spend: Britain’s debt crisis
by Joanna Marchong Last week, the Office of National... Read more...
The new government must recommit to axing the TV tax
by Elliot Keck, investigations campaign manager The TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
Why the government must keep a lid on public sector pay rises
Earlier this week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released... Read more...
Facing down facility time
By Emily Preston Taxpayers have funded trade union facility... Read more...
How can we tame the inflation tiger?
By Harry Fone, grassroots at the TaxPayers’ Alliance For... Read more...
Is it too late to save the economy?
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst The chancellor has some... Read more...
If we can’t have a bonfire of the quangos, let’s have a sunset clause
by James Roberts, political director of the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
Is the government delivering any benefits of Brexit?
by Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager This week, the... Read more...
Inflation: the tax imposed without representation
By Scott Simmonds, researcher When the Treasury Committee met last... Read more...
Taxpayers musn’t be made to fund greenwashing
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager The farmlands of... Read more...
Is a new independent regulator for English football a massive own goal?
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
Want to radically reform Whitehall? - Franchise it out
by David Campbell Bannerman, Chairman of The Freedom Association, Conservative... Read more...
The secret arm of the state: Unaccountable government contracts
by Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
The stealth subsidies scandal
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst Subsidies - or using... Read more...
What could Boris’ new rail plans mean for the south?
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
How to solve the second jobs debacle
By Scott Simmonds, researcher After the fallout of the... Read more...
Heat pumps subsidies - are they full of hot air?
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
The big government spending items you didn't expect
By Scott Simmonds, researcher Last week’s budget left many... Read more...
Taxpayers deserve a level playing field between HMRC and Jobcentre Plus
By John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance Taxpayers... Read more...
15 questions for the government on national insurance
This week may see the announcement of a rise in... Read more...
Act of faith? How can we prove we should be funding religious charities?
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager The Ministry for... Read more...
How to save our high streets
By Scott Simmonds, researcher Businesses on our high streets... Read more...
How do we pay off our covid debt?
By Scott Simmonds, researcher The Office for National Statistics's... Read more...
No light at the end of the tunnel for public sector appointments
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
How taxing was ‘Tax Day’?
Last Tuesday was just another day in lockdown to most,... Read more...
Test and Trace: At what cost?
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager NHS Test and... Read more...
10 more quangos that can kindle the bonfire
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
Why the Turing scheme will be even better than Erasmus
By Scott Simmonds, researcher Here at the TaxPayers’ Alliance,... Read more...
The Beginner’s Guide to Government Waste
At the end of November, we finally unveiled the results... Read more...
PPE contracts: was our money wasted?
By Kieran Neild-Ali, Grassroots Assistant The TaxPayers’ Alliance has... Read more...
Aide memoire: a reminder of the next steps to fix foreign aid
By Jeremy Hutton, policy analyst at the TaxPayers’ Alliance Following... Read more...
5 times government procurement cost taxpayers dear
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
Intergenerational fairness: Reforming the triple lock
Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant British businesses have been dragged... Read more...
The Redmond Review Debunked
By Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant Time and time again,... Read more...
‘Build Back Better’ will only Bankrupt Britain
By Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant For many people, these... Read more...
10 times quangos got it wrong
by Kieran Neild, grassroots assistant at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
Keeping track: independent oversight of HS2 is badly needed
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance.... Read more...
A recipe for disaster? The government can't have it both ways on "junk" food.
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
Channel 4 should be up for sale
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager of the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
Logging off: wasteful Whitehall tech gathering dust
by Scott Simmonds, researcher at the TaxPayers’ Alliance Electronic... Read more...
Regal aid: The Royal Yacht shows why 0.7 per cent target must go
By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst Proposals to commission a new... Read more...
An app a day doesn’t keep the doctor away
By Sara Rainwater, operations director The coronavirus has left... Read more...
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
Taxpayers suffer while funding civil service perks
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager The coronavirus emergency has... Read more...
10 quangos that can kindle the bonfire
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
Can-do: What the public sector can learn from the army’s disaster response methods
Often, when politicians lose control of events, or need something... Read more...
We will continue to hold universities to account
By Kieran Neild- Ali, grassroots assistant The TaxPayers’ Alliance has... Read more...
Last Tango for Quangos: PHE's performance highlights need to clean up quango state
By John O'Connell, chief executive How well have we managed... Read more...
Taxpayers set their sights on defence procurement
by Darwin Friend, researcher at the TaxPayers' Alliance There... Read more...
The War on Waste has never been more important
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager The UK has spent... Read more...
Public Health England: Their finest hour?
By Scott Simmonds, researcher at the TaxPayers' Alliance Public Health... Read more...
The BBC needs to be accountable to taxpayers
By Darwin Friend, researcher Since the foundation of the TaxPayers’... Read more...
Coronavirus and the cost of politics
By Milly Skriczka, Development Manager With parliament having returned yesterday,... Read more...
Do we need a National Food Service?
By Kieran Neild- Ali, grassroots assistant at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
The BBC's broadband tax proposal
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager In February, the government... Read more...
A time to make you appreciate televised sport, with or without the BBC
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager The coronavirus outbreak has... Read more...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission: Time to stop dishing out cash to lobbyists
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager Last month, the TaxPayers’... Read more...
The future of the BBC licence fee
A huge thank you to everyone who attended a most... Read more...
It will all come out in the whitewash
by Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance ... Read more...
Shooting ourselves in the foot: What's the problem with defence procurement ?
By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst Defence procurement is a constant... Read more...
Bringing the BBC into the 21st Century
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager Last Thursday was the... Read more...
Free schools: taking the state out of the school
This guest blog is written by Bethany Wright, a teacher... Read more...
The truth is out about the real cost of HS2
John O'Connell writes for CapX So now we know for... Read more...
Looking after the coppers
By Bradley Goodwin, volunteer. For nearly 200 years, thanks to... Read more...
British Steel’s collapse is a tragedy for Scunthorpe, but a bailout is not the answer
This article was originally published on the CapX website. British... Read more...
The Lords have delivered a damning indictment of HS2
This article was originally published on the CapX website. The... Read more...
Our latest report launched by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock
We were pleased to be joined this morning by the... Read more...
The coalition government: nine years on
It’s nine years since that saunter through the rose garden... Read more...
Automate the State: health and social care
by John O'Connell, Chief Executive Tomorrow, we're launching the next... Read more...
Biting the hand that feeds you: Is there a link between Britain’s foreign aid budget and clean air zones?
By Policy Analyst, Jeremy Hutton. At the TaxPayers’ Alliance we... Read more...
Is it time to scrap the TV licence?
by Richard Mason - Research Fellow at Consumer Choice CenterAbout... Read more...
There's something in the air
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst Last month, under cover of... Read more...