For immediate release Responding to a pre-budget speech by the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Taxpayers will feel like the wind has been taken out of them after a gut punch of a speech by the chancellor, who has effectively confirmed... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Reform UK's press conference on the economy, John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Nigel Farage is right to position spending reductions at the heart of his fiscal policy given the rapidly deteriorating public finances. The fact that public sector pensions are in... Read more...
Embargoed: 19:00 Sunday, 2nd November 2025 The average household contributes £571,740 in income tax over a lifetime. This is part of an average total lifetime tax bill of almost £1.3 million. It would take the total lifetime tax contributions of 2,149,846 households to pay off the national debt. New... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to reports that the chancellor is considering raising income tax in the autumn budget, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“A hike in income tax would be the ultimate betrayal by this rotten chancellor.“Having ramped up borrowing and refused to countenance any moves to... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to UK borrowing hitting the highest level since 2020, Darwin Friend, head of research of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Whether through incompetence or recklessness, these latest figures demonstrate that the government has completely lost control of the public finances, if it ever had any control... Read more...
Embargoed: 19:00, Thursday 9th October 2025 New schools comparison dashboard will allow parents to compare GCSE and A-Level results by postcode, local authority and geographical area Tool launched by TaxPayers’ Alliance, a campaign group, ahead of 31st October deadline to choose secondary schools for primary school students Shadow education secretary... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Kemi Badenoch's speech at Conservative Party Conference, John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“The Conservative leader is right to be hammering home the urgent need to crack down on the country’s unsustainable debt.“But taxpayers are tired of hearing about what invariably end up... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s speech at Labour Party conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The prime minister boasted of his vision for a ‘Britain built for all’, but what about pub owners shutting their doors, family farms, businesses on the... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to plans announced to grant local councillors "gold-plated", defined benefit contributions, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:"Taxpayers will be appalled to see Labour so irresponsibly doling out gold plated pensions to their comrade councillors."Just when the public finances from Whitehall to town... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech at Labour Party conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:"Rachel Reeves wanted her speech to sound bold and bullish, but it came across as hollow, hopelessly out of touch, and ignorant of the damage her policies are causing... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Reform UK’s press conference regarding abolishing indefinite leave to remain and welfare for foreign nationals, William Yarwood, media campaign manager of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Removing access to the benefits system and the NHS for foreign nationals is long overdue.“The size and scope of our welfare... Read more...
Embargoed: 19:00 Sunday 14th September 2025 438 quangos received £376 billion in government funding in 2023-24, on top of £36 billion in non-governmental income. Quangos are now responsible for almost one in every three pounds of government spending, or £391 billion and employ almost 500,000 staff, more than the population... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Nigel Farage’s speech at Reform UK’s conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Taxpayers will warmly welcome Nigel Farage’s pledges to drive down energy bills, cut welfare spending and crack down on illegal immigration. “Just as pleasing was the Reform UK leader’s... Read more...
For immediate release The TaxPayers’ Alliance has today (3rd September 2025) invited Angela Rayner to join their campaign following her difficulties in engaging with Britain’s highly complex tax system. Writing to the deputy prime minister after her acknowledgement that she had not paid enough stamp duty on the purchase of... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to Reform’s plans to overhaul local government pension funds, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “It will delight local taxpayers to see a major political party shine a light on the shocking mismanagement of local government pension funds. “The fees involved, and the... Read more...
For immediate release The UK’s national debt has increased by over £186 billion between July 2024 and July 2025. The national debt now sits at £2.71 trillion, up from £2.53 trillion at the end of last July. This increase represents an £6,510 increase in debt per household, following figures out... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the news that chancellor Rachel Reeves could be considering further tightening inheritance tax rules, John O’Connell of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“As if hammering family farms and clobbering small businesses wasn’t enough, Reeves now wants to launch a smash and grab on presents to children and... Read more...
Correction: an earlier version of this press release referred to the "top 11-15 per cent" seeing the biggest increase in the share of income tax liabilities. This should have read "top 11-25 per cent" and has now been corrected. Embargoed: 20:00, Wednesday 6th August 2025 Top one per cent will... Read more...
For immediate release Foreign national offenders costing taxpayers up to £600 million per year to keep in custody. Over one in eight inmates in prisons in England and Wales are foreign nationals. TPA calling for the urgent deportation of almost all foreign national offenders. Foreign national offenders are costing... Read more...
For immediate release The number of estates subjected to inheritance tax has increased by over 10 per cent in just one year, according to analysis by the TaxPayers’ Alliance of official government statistics. In 2021-22, 27,800 estates were subject to inheritance tax. This increased by 13 per cent in 2022-23... Read more...
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...