The TaxPayers’ Alliance today releases analysis of teachers’ pay increases that counter unions’ calls for salary increases. The analysis shows: Teachers’ average salaries are £38,400 a year, considerably higher than the UK average of £28,600. Leading teachers can earn more than £67,300 a year. Education has seen a huge increase... Read more...
Responding to the news that the government has backed a third runway at Heathrow, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “The government finally making progress on big policy decisions like the Heathrow third runway is good news for the economy and for taxpayers. This announcement hopefully heralds the... Read more...
Commenting on the news that the government is going to sell another tranche of shares in RBS, James Price, Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The state has no business permanently owning shares in a bank, regardless of the current share price. Arguments for keeping these shares in public ownership... Read more...
Higher taxes are not the answer to the NHS’s problems FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commenting on the calls for even-higher taxes for the NHS, James Price, Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “If the government wants more money for the NHS, it should demand an end to wasteful spending practices and... Read more...
A new report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance details the enormous savings to British taxpayers by legalising cannabis. The UK could save at least £891.72 million a year in reduced spending by police, prisons, courts and the NHS through pain relief treatments. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PAPER. Key findings NHS... Read more...
London Met Police spent nearly £5 million on premium flights The results of a Freedom of Information request by the TaxPayers’ Alliance has revealed shocking levels of spending on premium flights by the Met police. Between 2015 and 2018, the London Metropolitan Police force spent £8,577,748 on flights. The Metropolitan... Read more...
A new report released by the TaxPayers’ Alliance today has revealed the shocking cost of poor productivity in Britain and its impact on wages. Since the great recession, advanced economies have all been suffering from weak productivity growth, with few more afflicted than Britain’s. The scale of the issue is enormous, and... Read more...
A new report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows that the NHS could save nearly £800 million by merging various NHS management bodies.The report advocates reducing the number of quangos from 19 to 7: This would save approximately £760 million. This would also release top managerial time to improve efficiencies in... Read more...
For immediate release Earmarking taxes for the NHS is "either smoke and mirrors or dreadful policy", says TaxPayers' Alliance Responding to findings from the British Social Attitudes suggesting support for a hypothecated 'NHS tax' Alex Wild, Research Director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:“Health spending is already running at £425 million per day and the... Read more...
Commenting on the announcement that Labour will make bus travel free for the under 25's, John O’Connell, chief executive at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:"Bus subsidies already run into the billions, costing each household £80 a year. Why on earth should 25 year old taxpayers on minimum wage subsidise 24 year-old bankers to... Read more...
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...
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...