For Immediate Release Yesterday the House of Commons library published a briefing note on the business case for HS2, revealing that HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport (DfT) were aware that costs would be £9bn more (£65 billion) than public estimates, but chose not to share this information with the public. ... Read more...
For Immediate Release New analysis, released today by the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA), shows that families on the lowest incomes paid 47.6 per cent of their gross income in tax in 2017-18, up by 4.4 per cent since 2008-9. Meanwhile, the richest tenth pay 33.5 per cent of their gross income... Read more...
Tax Freedom Day, a report published annually by the Adam Smith Institute, is a measure of when Britons stop paying tax and start putting their earnings into their own pocket. Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Thursday 23rd May Responding to a report by IPPR calling for income tax rises to fund social care, John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “We need a more sustainable funding solution for social care - but putting up income tax would be a hit to household budgets... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Monday 20th May Crossrail 2 is a £36 billion project to link south west and north east London rail services via new tunnels between Wimbledon and Dalston through central London. A new TPA report has found that £11 billion could be saved with cost reduction measures The report also suggests... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Thursday 16th May Responding to a report published today by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, which calls on the government to rethink HS2, John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance said: "We have long argued that HS2 is a waste of taxpayers' money, and it's good to... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Saturday 11th May 2019 New TPA report calls for public sector workers to have more control over their remuneration. Report suggests that those in the public sector should be able to opt-out of their employer pension and take the contribution as salary. This would be on a voluntary basis. The most recent... Read more...
Commenting on the recent publication of the government's estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in 2018-19, Duncan Simpson, Research Director of the TaxPayers' Alliance said: With budgets tight and people working hard to make ends meet, government losing £3 billion of our money through overpayments of benefits... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Wednesday 24th April New report says that improved productivity from increased automation in the NHS is estimated to release £12.5 billion a year's worth of staff time Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, today argues that technology will allow NHS staff... Read more...
Town Hall Rich List: TaxPayers' Alliance reveals 2,441 council staff raked in more than £100,000 Read more...
This morning the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) visited City Hall in a white van to protest the introduction of the new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). TPA staff plastered a Ford Transit van with placards calling on Mayor Khan to scrap this charge, which will burden hard working tradesmen with yet... Read more...
Priti Patel launches TaxPayers' Alliance report on taking back control of foreign aid Today former secretary of state for international development, Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, is joining forces with the TaxPayers' Alliance to call for urgent reforms to British aid spending. In analysis released today, the TaxPayers' Alliance sets... Read more...