For immediate release Responding to plans to cap trade union facility time, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "These rules to reign in facility time for public sector officials are long overdue. "After a decade of campaigning and a round of frustrating summer strikes, the government... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Office for National Statistics’s (ONS) Public Sector Finances June 2022, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “These figures show the cost of servicing the national debt is now in the stratosphere, with yet another record being broken. “Inflation and out... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) latest data showing CPI at 9.4 per cent in June, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Soaring inflation is squeezing households’ budgets and businesses’ balance sheets. “But taxes remain the single biggest bill families and... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the news that BBC star and executive pay packets have reduced, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Despite it being the first year of pensioners paying the TV tax, the Beeb’s top salaries have barely budged. "These pay packets are taken... Read more...
For immediate release With the transport unions having voted on the ‘biggest rail strike in 25 years’, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has revealed that just two Aslef trade union bosses had a combined total remuneration of £281,601 in 2021. Aslef’s general secretary, Mick Whelan, took home £151,371 in total remuneration... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the news that No 10 is considering cutting VAT, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Brits will be delighted that ministers have finally woken up to their calls for tax cuts. “Taxes are the single biggest bill families face and rising... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the news that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will resist calls to bring forward future tax cuts, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Taxpayers are crying out for some long-awaited tax cuts. “With the cost of living crisis already crippling families... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Sunday 26 June 2022 TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals facility time subsidies to the trade unions could total £199 million across the public sector. Much of this goes unreported, with many bodies not complying and others such as Network Rail being exempt. Conservative MPs are writing to Cabinet Office... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Thursday 23 June 2022 TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals £1.4m remuneration of top education union bosses, with some threatening strikes over pay. Campaign group estimates education unions could have received up to £83.3m in taxpayer support via trade union facility time. In response, Tory MP and former teacher Jonathan... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) latest data showing CPI at 9.1 per cent in May, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Spiralling inflation is taking its toll on taxpayers. “While hard-working households face a cost of living crisis, demands for... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Sunday 19 June 2022 Cabinet minister Rt Hon Jacob Rees Mogg MP endorses TaxPayers’ Alliance report exposing the £100 million cost of trade union facility time. Report recommends capping the time spent on union duties and limiting the cost of facility time to no more than the... Read more...
For immediate release As featured in today’s edition of The Sun, economic modelling by the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has suggested that cutting VAT and income tax, as well as raising the national insurance threshold and scrapping the rise, would increase GDP by £56 billion by 2029. Following the ONS’s latest stats showing... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to reports of the Prime Minister facing pressure to cut taxes, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Virtually everyone can see that taxpayers are crying out for some long-awaited tax cuts. “All too often we've seen the government give with one hand... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Thursday 2 June 2022 The TaxPayers’ Alliance have found that introducing mandatory deputy police and crime commissioners (PCCs) could see bosses taking home an additional £1.4 million on top of the existing £77 million police commissioner budget. With eight top commissioners taking home more than £100,000 in total remuneration - including in West... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the chancellor’s cost of living support measures, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "This cost of living bailout is little more than the government taking with one hand and giving with the other. "Taxes are the single biggest bill families face... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Wednesday 25 May 2022 With the transport unions having voted on the ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has revealed that just four transport trade union bosses had a combined total remuneration of almost £500,000 during the first year of the pandemic. This included... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Office for National Statistics’s (ONS) Public Sector Finances April 2022, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “These figures lay bare the economic headroom to support Brits struggling with a cost of living crisis. “Taxpayers are crying out for immediate action,... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Sunday 22 May 2022 Research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance has revealed that organisations that lobby for changes in public policy have received £49,011,318 of public money since 2018, including over £19 million during the covid pandemic. Nearly £7.7 million was given to organisations actively fighting the government’s... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Monday 16 May 2022 In light of government plans to find savings in the Whitehall workforce, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) have revealed that the civil service lost £348.5 million worth of working time due to sickness absence in 2019-20. Analysis suggests that if civil service absence rates... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the news, John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance said:“Taxpayers need to see serious efforts to trim Britain’s bloated bureaucracy. “With the pandemic now behind us, government must get back to business as usual and wind down the Whitehall commitments which are costing taxpayers... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Queen’s Speech, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Welcome promises to roll back regulations, sort out procurement and reform taxes tomorrow won’t help Brits struggling today. “With the cost of living crisis already crippling families and firms, taxpayers are crying... Read more...
For immediate release As the health and social care levy hits pay packets, the TaxPayers’ Alliance have found that NHS trusts could have saved £218 million in gas and electricity costs. This would have paid for 9 new nurses at each hospital in the UK. Analysis of NHS data... Read more...
For immediate release Responding to the Office for National Statistics’s (ONS) Public Sector Finances March 2022, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “These figures show the cost of servicing the national debt is skyrocketing. “With interest payments now the size of large government departments, that’s taxpayers’... Read more...
Embargoed: 00:01 Monday 4 April 2022 As the government’s £5,000 heat pump grant comes into force, the TaxPayers’ Alliance have warned that extending the boiler upgrade scheme to all 23 million homes on gas could cost £115 billion. The government has allocated £450 million to the new boiler upgrade... Read more...