Embargoed: 00:01 Friday 21 February TaxPayers' Alliance analysis of a sample of government newspaper purchases has revealed that the Financial Times was the paper of choice for the Department for Exiting the European Union during the period of major Brexit deadlock.While they had a total of 101 subscriptions to the Financial Times, which opposed the core... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Wednesday 19 February New analysis from the TaxPayers' Alliance reveals how ministers, officials and quangocrats are wasting taxpayers' cash funding organisations that lobby the government. From 2017-19, organisations that lobby for changes in public policy received at least £39,584,172. Taxpayer money being used to fund political campaign... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to confirmation that the government will proceed with HS2, Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance said: "This announcement is a massive blow to the taxpayers of today and tomorrow who will be left paying for the HS2 white elephant with no light at... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to reports the government has decided to proceed with HS2, Harry Fone grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance said: "This announcement is a massive blow to the taxpayers of today and tomorrow who will be left paying for the HS2 white elephant with no light... Read more...
For immediate release On the eve of the government's decision on the future of HS2, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) has warned the prime minister that the project is likely to come off the rails. In a personal letter to the PM, TPA chief executive John O'Connell lays out that the eventual... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Thursday 30 January Public appointments in 2018-19: 47.4 per cent of declarations of political activity were for the Labour Party, compared to 31.6 per cent for the Conservatives. The south of England (including the South West, South East and London regions) was the principal residence for over 40... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 24th January 2020 Commenting on the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the costs of HS2, Harry Fone, grassroots campaign manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "These findings come as no surprise to those who have long been saying that HS2 is coming off the rails. "Clearly costs... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the review's recommendation that the HS2 project continue, John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: "Being forced to come clean on the real financial and political costs of HS2 should be the final nail in the coffin for this white elephant. "Pressing ahead with the... Read more...
TaxPayers' Alliance reveals nanny state mandarins' massive pay packets Embargoed: 00:01 Sunday 05 January The TaxPayers' Alliance today releases the Nanny State Rich List, which reveals the remarkable scale of the rewards enjoyed by public health officials in the United Kingdom. The extent of nanny state interference in day-to-day life... Read more...
Embargoed: 00.01 Monday 23 December 2019 Research by the TaxPayers' Alliance has revealed that a small number of local authorities spent over £310,000 on celebrities to turn on Christmas lights between 2016-2017 and 2018-2019. The overall cost is likely to be far higher, because the responsibility for hosting often falls... Read more...
Taxpayers to pay £5.9 billion in tax on festive spending this Christmas Embargoed: 00:01 Wednesday 18 December Research by the TaxPayers' Alliance has revealed the extent of the taxman's squeeze on festive spending this Christmas. The typical UK household will spend £1,344 on Christmas, of which £212, or nearly 16 per cent, will... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Monday 16th December With the election now over, some senior mandarins may be considering a career move. New research by the TaxPayers' Alliance shows that permanent secretaries, who head up UK government departments, are securing guaranteed bumper pay-packets for life via their pension pots. Of these rankings bureaucrats, 13 have... Read more...