For immediate release Responding to South Cambridgeshire District Council voting to make the four-day week trial permanent, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Local taxpayers will be utterly disgusted by the decision today, which has been taken with complete disregard for the people of South Cambridgeshire.... Read more...
Embargoed: 10am, Tuesday 15th July 2025 The TaxPayers’ Alliance, a campaign group advocating for a significant reduction in the size of the quango-state, has published a dossier of ways in which six regulators impose barriers on economic growth, as senior officials from each body prepare to give evidence at the... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the latest universal credit statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“The latest universal credit statistics should send a shiver down the spine of government ministers.“Britain is sleepwalking into a culture of worklessness, with millions of... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01, Thursday 10th July 2025 The TaxPayers’ Alliance announces “final push” to stop four-day week in South Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire District Council to hold a final vote to make the four-day week permanent on the 17th July 2025 after residents expressed opposition in consultation. Letter-writing tool will enable residents... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to resident doctors voting to strike, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Taxpayers will be dismayed that junior doctors are threatening to walk out again, causing more disruption and delay for patients.“Despite multiple inflation busting pay rises over the last few years and record... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the final report on the four day week in South Cambridgeshire District Council, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “South Cambridgeshire council has nowhere to hide after this bruising consultation completely collapses its case for the four day week. “Wheeling out... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the mention of TaxPayers’ Alliance research in the House of Commons by the leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch, John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“It's encouraging to hear the leader of the opposition stand up for taxpayers given the ballooning benefits bill.“The... Read more...
CORRECTION: The figure for anxiety and depression originally stated 114,211. This has been corrected to 110,075. Embargoed: 22:30, Monday 30th June 2025 Ahead of a significant vote on proposals to slow the increasing size of the UK benefits bill, the TaxPayers’ Alliance have revealed that adults in England are receiving... Read more...
Embargoed: 22:30, Sunday 29th June 2025 Almost one in ten Brits receive personal independence payments in England and Wales. Local authority area with highest number of claimants according to latest data is Blaenau Gwent, Wales, with 211 per 1,000. New benefits dashboard from the TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals dramatic increase in... Read more...
Embargoed: 22:30, Sunday 22nd June 2025~ If NHS funding increases by the long term average of 3.6 per cent after this parliament, the NHS will be equal to a quarter of the UK economy by the end of this century. At a 3.6 per cent rate of increase after this... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the announcement of a further delay to the delivery of HS2, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Yet another delay to HS2 will do absolutely nothing to reassure taxpayers that this project can finally be brought back on track.“While it is welcome to... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s speech at the Scottish Conservative party conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right to recognise the enormous material damage that windfall taxes on energy profits have done to the economy, particularly the economy in Scotland.“The decision... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the spending review, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“We now know there is going to continue to be harsh austerity for taxpayers as they stare down the barrel of yet more devastating tax hikes in the Autumn, all to fund a... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s speech on the ECHR, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Taxpayers will find it encouraging that leading politicians are waking up to the way in which the quangocracy at home and abroad is acting as a barrier to democratic decision... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Monday 26th May 2025 NHS Rich List finds that 1,694 senior managers received more than £100,000 in total remuneration in 2023-24 1,557 had salary entitlements over £100,000, including 279 receiving between £200,000 and £300,000 and 17 who received over £300,000. 512 senior NHS managers had higher salaries than... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Keir Starmer refusing to rule out further tax rises at PMQs, John O’Connell chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Taxpayers will be rightly nervous to hear the prime minister refuse to rule out further tax rises this year.“After clobbering small businesses and farmers, this government... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the resignation of Gary Lineker, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Licence fee payers will be breathing a sigh of relief at the departure of Gary Lineker from their TV screens.“For too long, Lineker has been an embarrassment for the BBC, flouting... Read more...
For immediate release TaxPayers’ Alliance says personal recession is finally over in response to latest GDP figures from Office for National Statistics. Personal recession first declared by the campaign group in February 2025. Figures from ONS show GDP per capita growth of 0.5 per cent in latest quarter. After two... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Gary Lineker’s apology for sharing an antisemitic post, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Lineker’s loathsome social media posts have brought the Beeb crashing to a new reputational low. “It isn’t just about one offensive post, but a pattern of behaviour that... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01, Wednesday 14th May 2025 Responding to the National Audit Office report into UK Research and Innovation, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“This damning report from the NAO makes official what the British public already knew - ministers have lost control of UKRI as it... Read more...
Embargoed: 17:00, Saturday 10th May 2025 Covid inquiry now set to cost £227 million, or £158,269 per day, in latest estimate produced by TaxPayers’ Alliance. Covid inquiry to be the most expensive statutory inquiry on record, both in terms of total spend and daily spend. This is the fourth... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the appointment of government commissioners to oversee Spelthorne council, Benjamin Elks, grassroots development manager of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“The appointment of government commissioners to oversee Spelthorne council is a damning indictment of failings by successive administrations. “Years of town hall know-nothings gambling with property speculation... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the newly announced free trade deal between India and Britain, which gives exemptions to Indian migrants from paying national insurance for three years, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Taxpayers will be livid that while they’re being hammered with higher taxes, Indian workers... Read more...
Embargoed: 22:30 Wednesday 30th April 2025 Analysis of four major government projects reveals £6.2 billion in cost overruns and 3,372 days of delays. Just 11 per cent of all major government projects tracked by the Infrastructure Projects Authority were deemed likely to succeed in 2024, down from 48 per cent... Read more...