The Expensive Failure of the ETS
The report sets out how the scheme has cost consumers across Europe €93 billion but been ineffective in controlling emissions. Read more...
Council Spending Uncovered: The Prevent Strategy
The Prevent Strategy is part of the Government’s response to the threat of terrorism from Islamist extremists. Aimed at stopping people from becoming terrorists, the Government has given Local Authorities money to fund projects administered by community groups, as well as giving out grants themselves directly. However, there have been ongoing concerns about the... Read more...
Preventing Violent Extremism Grants
The fifth part of the CSU series sets out, for the first time, the detail of who has received Preventing Violent Extremism Grants, and how much they've received in 2007-08. Read more...
Relative Transport Spending
The research note shows that ten times as much is spent on railways as the roads for every passenger kilometre they carry. Read more...
How to Save £50 Billion
The report, produced in co-operation with the Institute of Directors, sets out spending cuts that could save £50 billion in public spending. Read more...
EU Diplomats
The report sets out how the EU is already running an expensive foreign policy. Read more...
NHS Machines
The report shows that there is significant variation in the extent to which NHS Trusts make use of expensive capital equipment. Read more...
Taxpayer Funded Lobbying and Political Campaigning
The report sets out how £37 million is spent on taxpayer funded lobbying and political campaigning, and calls for that spending to be abolished. Read more...
The Case Against Boosting MPs' Pay
The report sets out how MPs are among the best paid representatives in Europe and aren't underpaid. Read more...
Departmental Use of Taxis and Chauffeured Cars
The report sets out how 19 (of the 20) Government departments spent in excess of £8 million on taxis and hired private cars between them. Read more...
How the Tax System Impedes Entrepreneurship
The report sets out how the tax system deters potential entrepreneurs and that there is now a top marginal tax rate on income earned, saved, invested in a company and then passed on to children of 92%. Read more...
Can Tax Increases Solve the United Kingdom’s Public Finance Crisis?
The report, by the CEBR for the TPA, sets out how national debt could reach £2.3 trillion and unemployment 3.8 million and that tax increases are not a viable solution to the fiscal crisis. Read more...
Could Do Better? Grading the Performance of British MEPs
This report analyses British MEP activity over the last European Parliamentary session, in order to increase transparency and drive accountability, particularly ahead of the forthcoming European Parliament elections. Read more...
Funding Surprises from the EU Grants List
The report details a number of surprising grants from the European Union. Read more...
Speaking Volumes: The European Commission’s Libraries
This paper shows that the extravagance of these underused assets stretches far further than was previously thought. This is particularly inappropriate when many public libraries in the UK are under threat of closure. Read more...
Town Hall Rich List 2009
The third Town Hall Rich List provides details of over 1000 local authority employees with remuneration packages of at least £100,000 for the periods 2006-07 and 2007-08, including 16 earning more than the Prime Minister. Read more...
Reforming EU Development Assistance
The report sets out detailed proposals for reforming EU development assistance in order to ensure transparency and accountability and put an end to abuse of European taxpayers' money. Read more...
Council Spending Uncovered: Town Hall Rich List 2009
The fourth part of the CSU series (and third edition of our annual Town Hall Rich List) provides details of over 1000 local authority employees with remuneration packages of at least £100,000 for the periods 2007-08 and 200809, including 16 earning more than the Prime Minister. Read more...
The Great European Rip-Off
This new book by Matthew Elliott and David Craig provides a guide to what really goes on in the European Union in our name. Read more...
Hate Education
The report sets out how £100 million of British taxpayers' money supports hate education in the Palestinian territories. Read more...
Departmental Use of Air Travel
The report provides the best evidence yet on the extent that departments are flying around the world. Read more...
An Affordable Voice for Business
The report sets out the case for significantly scaling back BERR's ineffective operations to deliver £1billion of savings to taxpayers. Read more...
Council Spending Uncovered: Pensions
The third part of the CSU series provides details on how councils spend a fifth of council tax on pensions in 2007-08 and how thousands of councillors are on the local government pension scheme. Read more...
Quango spending on ‘communication’ soars
New research from the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) details the steep rise in ‘communication’ spending among Britain’s quangos. Read more...