What role for the FCA?
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Book review: The Philosophy of Conservatism
By: Elliot Keck, head of campaigns As Labour relax... Read more...
The Future of the Right
By: Reem Ibrahim, communications officer at the Institute of Economic... Read more...
What would the TPA have thought of the empire?
By: Kristian Niemietz, editorial director and head of political economy... Read more...
The tobacco ban is an evidence free mess
By: Benjamin Elks, grassroots development manager Rishi Sunak’s generational... Read more...
The undeniable link between tax and growth
By: John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
The World Health Organisation and tobacco warnings
by Benjamin Elks, operations manager The World Health Organisation... Read more...
The UK slides down the tax rankings
By: Joanna Marchong, intern at the TaxPayers' Alliance The... Read more...
Sunak’s smoking ban will make children of 40 year olds
By Benjamin Elks, operations manager When the prime minister... Read more...
ThinkTent 2023: The best bits according to the TPA team
This week, the TPA team travelled up to Manchester to... Read more...
A car-free world would be a nightmare, not a dream
By Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK and London mayoral candidate... Read more...
Global Quangos Uncovered: The IMF
By: Callum McGoldrick, intern at the TaxPayers' Alliance The... Read more...
Global Quangos Uncovered: The World Bank
By: Callum McGoldrick, intern at the TaxPayers' Alliance Founded... Read more...
Global Quangos Uncovered: The World Health Organisation
By: Callum McGoldrick, intern at the TaxPayers' Alliance The... Read more...
Global Quangos Uncovered: Association of Commonwealth Universities
By: Callum McGoldrick, intern at the TaxPayers' Alliance Higher... Read more...
What the Resolution Foundation gets wrong, and right, about tax
By: Rory Meakin, research fellow at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
Can the UK escape the global minimum rate?
By: Tom Ryan, policy analyst at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
Taking away takeaways: The public health blob’s next target
by Cllr Joe Otten, councillor for Dore & Totley, Sheffield... Read more...
Raising a glass to the coronation
by Morgan Schondelmeier, tax and trade policy manager at the... Read more...
For your own good?
By Benjamin Elks, operations manager Tobacco has long been... Read more...
Princes and Paupers - who should pay inheritance tax?
By Elliot Keck, investigations campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
Renationalisation of water industry won’t wash away problems
By Joanna Marchong Following weeks of dry weather across the... Read more...
The Khan review: making choice obsolete
by Tom Ryan, researcher Last week the government published... Read more...
Let’s raise a glass to the Queen and to cheaper pints!
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
“Woke capitalists” should be careful what they wish for
By Elliot Keck, investigations campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
On track: how do we rate Britain’s railways?
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance... Read more...
Is it too late to save the economy?
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst The chancellor has some... Read more...
Fighting for freedom
By Duncan Simpson, research director The terrible war in... Read more...
Net Zero: the latest wave of public sector non-jobs
By Sara Rainwater, operations director We saw from the... Read more...
Naughty step: how to cut the cost of childcare
By Sara Rainwater, operations director The cost of childcare... Read more...
Want to radically reform Whitehall? - Franchise it out
by David Campbell Bannerman, Chairman of The Freedom Association, Conservative... Read more...
Don’t just freeze the BBC licence fee, scrap it altogether
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager One unsung hero... Read more...
Flying high, the chancellor shouldn’t stall on more APD reforms
by Duncan Simpson, research director at the TaxPayers’ Alliance ... Read more...
(Don’t) let them eat cake!
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager Today is National... Read more...
Should petrol stations implement big price hikes to help fix the current fuel crisis?
It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that motorists are facing... Read more...
It’s time to junk sin taxes
by Jonathan Eida The question of whether we choose to... Read more...
Cheers! Quids Inn campaign launches new beer mats calling for cheaper pints
On Tuesday in Westminster, the TaxPayers' Alliance called for tax... Read more...
BBC annual review 2021: the good, the bad, and the ugly
By Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager The BBC annual... Read more...
Wales' proposed universal basic income threatens to do more harm than good
by Tom Ryan, researcher at the TaxPayers' Alliance In... Read more...
ONS debt figures cannot be swept under the carpet
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst The Office for National... Read more...
The BBC has diverged significantly from its founding principles
by Freya Stear, operations assistant at the TaxPayers' Alliance ... Read more...
What the ONS covid employment figures really mean
By Darwin Friend, policy analyst Today the Office for... Read more...
The house always wins - why we need to address planning
Guest blog by Angus Gillan The housing market is... Read more...
A four day working week? Leave it to the boss
In the past, the mention of a four day working... Read more...
Crowding out and the threat of higher debt
By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst With the sun out and... Read more...
Positive twitter day: Something we can all agree on?
By Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant The TaxPayers’ Alliance receives... Read more...
The BBC is stuck in 1986
By Joe Ventre, digital campaign manager “What’s the BBC ever... Read more...
Roosevelt’s New Deal: Is no deal better than a bad deal?
By Kieran Neild, grassroots assistant at the TaxPayers’ Alliance ... Read more...
Radio Ga Ga: Has the BBC had its time?
by Philip Miller MBE, Executive Chairman of Radio Essex Like... Read more...
Agriculture, tariffs and food prices
Sir Richard Packer, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of... Read more...
Want to pay more tax? Be our guest
By Kieran Neild-Ali, grassroots assistant Every year, certain sanctimonious millionaires,... Read more...
UBI: A shot in foot not a silver bullet
By James Roberts, political director Last week, Twitter founder Jack... Read more...
Doing a 180: What can darts tell us about the economic recovery?
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager The pool stage of... Read more...
Open all hours: why Sunday trading laws should be scrapped
In March, one of the measures the TaxPayers’ Alliance suggested... Read more...
A review of Mayor Kane
Sam Packer, media campaign manager, reviews the autobiography of Glen... Read more...
St George’s Day: A day to be proud of English Liberty
In the latest in a series of essays on the... Read more...
Last orders: The case against Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol
By Keiran Neild- Ali, grassroots assistant Britain is a nation... Read more...
Taxation infringes on liberty
In the first of a series of thought pieces considering... Read more...
TaxPayers' Alliance statement on coronavirus
In light of the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, we have been... Read more...
The government wants a bigger slice of your pizza
By Owen Brown If you’re having some mates round,... Read more...
Does Davos mean "summit" ?
by Islay May Aitchison, researcher at the TaxPayers' AllianceThis week,... Read more...
Daylight Robbery steals the show
By Sam Packer, media campaign manager Perhaps it is not... Read more...
The State of Play: why the free market will win the Rugby World Cup
By Sam Packer, Media Campaign Manager Tomorrow morning England’s rugby players will attempt... Read more...
TPA responds to Extinction Rebellion
By Darwin Friend, Researcher The world is getting warmer, and... Read more...
Save our bacon!
By Oliver Pike, Volunteer Bacon is the king of breakfast... Read more...
An Englishman's home is his council house
By Dougal Burrowes, Volunteer Last week marked a century of... Read more...
Don't sugar-coat sin taxes
By Michael Ward, Volunteer This July, the UK saw record... Read more...
To boldly go: what’s changed since man first walked on the moon?
By Jeremy Hutton, Policy Analyst When man first walked on... Read more...
Sadiq Khan: The cat that got the cream?
By Chloe Westley, Campaign Manager I love summertime in Britain.... Read more...
Help to Build?
By Edward Chammas, Volunteer It is increasingly clear that there... Read more...
Why sugar taxes are a bad idea
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst The Soft Drinks Industry Levy,... Read more...
Aide memoire: why capitalism is the solution to global poverty
by Jeremy Hutton, Policy AnalystOn Monday, we launched the first... Read more...
Raise a glass to the Celtic Tiger
By Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst With punters pouring into pubs... Read more...
Should tax returns be made public?
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy AnalystThe Sunday Times recently published its... Read more...
There's no appetite for a new minister
by Ben Ramanauskas, Policy Analyst Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee recently... Read more...