Press releases - TaxPayers' Allliance

Apr 11 2018

Town Hall Rich List: TaxPayers' Alliance reveals 2,306 council staff raked in more than £100,000

Embargoed until 11th April at 00:01 In 2016-17: There were at least 2,306 council employees who received total remuneration in excess of £100,000. This is 60 fewer than the previous year. 558 council employees received remuneration in excess of £150,000. There were 77 councils with at least 10 employees who received remuneration in excess of £100,000. Birmingham had three employees who received remuneration in excess of... Read more...

Mar 16 2018

Rumoured jobs tax would make this government the highest-taxing in five decades

Responding to yet more rumours of a hypothecated 'NHS tax' by increasing national insurance, Alex Wild, Research Director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“For all the government’s spin about cutting taxes, they’ve quietly been ramping them up to levels that Gordon Brown could only dream of. It’s no wonder growth is so weak when work and... Read more...

Mar 13 2018

Philip Hammond's Spring Budget

For Immediate Release Phillip Hammond is right to caution against wasteful spending Responding to the chancellor's Spring Statement today, John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:"The chancellor is to be commended for resisting irresponsible calls from across the political spectrum to turn on the spending taps for the time... Read more...

Feb 10 2018

Labour's energy renationalisation claims 'either an outright lie or a display of breathtaking ignorance'

Responding to Labour’s call to renationalise the entire energy sector, John O’Connell, Chief Executive at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Whatever Jeremy Corbyn says about putting people in control, the reality is that politicians and union barons would be running the show and making a complete hash of it, just as they did in the 1970's. The... Read more...

Feb 08 2018

TPA responds to report suggesting that most councils will increase Council Tax this year

TaxPayers' Alliance responds to report suggesting that most councils will increase Council Tax this year Embargoed until 00:01 Thursday February 8th Responding to the survey conducted by the Local Government Information Unit think tank and The Municipal Journal on Council Tax, John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance said: “Council... Read more...

Jan 15 2018

Carillion collapse: government ignored its own policy and now taxpayers will suffer

Commenting on the news today that Carillion has gone into liquidation, John O'Connell, Chief Executive at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:Despite the extremely well publicised financial difficulties Carillion has been experiencing in recent months, the government continued to award it contracts, disregarding its own risk management policies in the process. Some of the most... Read more...

Jan 15 2018

Council tax in England has increased by 57 per cent in real terms in 20 years

New research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows that council tax has increased by 57 per cent in real terms over the past twenty years, and that there have been 15 increases for every cut.This research tracks whether council tax was raised, frozen or cut over the past two decades, with full... Read more...

Jan 03 2018

Taxpayers will fork out £6.3 billion in Christmas taxes this year

Taxpayers will fork out £6.3 billion in Christmas taxes this year As millions of Brits hit the shops today, research shows how the treasury rakes in billions in Christmas taxes These taxes add an extra 18% to the cost of Christmas, as the taxman squeezes every penny from families This Christmas, a UK... Read more...

Jan 03 2018

Nanny state approved Christmas lunch

Nanny state approved Christmas lunch This year Public Health England has spent over £40 million of taxpayers money telling Brits what they can and cannot eat, drink and do in their leisure time. Using these warnings and guidelines, the TaxPayers' Alliance has calculated what a public health puritan approved Christmas lunch would look like. Following... Read more...

Jan 03 2018

NHS prescribing biscuits

NHS prescribing biscuits, pasta and shampoo As the NHS struggles to meet emergency care and diagnosis targets this winter, the TaxPayers' Alliance have revealed that many doctors are prescribing patients with basic items such as gluten-free biscuits, pasta and anti-dandruff shampoo.Many of these items, which have been prescribed by GPs in England, are already... Read more...

Jan 02 2018

Nationalisation would be a real rail rip-off

As the debate around 'renationalising' the railways continues, and rail fares are due to increase yet again, a new report from the TaxPayers' Alliance shows that privatisation has actually been a good thing for commuters in the UK. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PAPER. Despite claims about how poor... Read more...

Dec 19 2017

Raising the council tax increase cap "beggars belief", says TaxPayers' Alliance

Responding to the announcement that the cap on council tax raising powers is to be lifted by 1 per cent, John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: "With wage growth stagnating and the cost of living on the rise, it beggars belief that politicians are asking for powers to take even... Read more...

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