Annual Non-Job Report 2006
The report presents the salary bill for jobs advertised in Society Guardian and picks out the most egregious examples that have little, if any, value for taxpayers. Read more...
The Real Cost of Gordon Brown
The research note shows that if the tax burden as a share of GDP had stayed at its 1997 level, the basic rate of income tax could be reduced to 10 per cent. Read more...
Moving Britain Backwards
Written by former World Bank economist Keith Marsden, the paper tears apart Gordon Brown’s economic record and shows how Britain’s economy has become less competitive and less able to meet the coming challenges. Read more...
The Hundred Club
Presents a list of 100 senior civil servants with pension pots of at least £500,000. Read more...
Public Sector Rich List 2006
This note presents a list of the 170 most highly paid people in the public sector – people earning above £150,000 a year in government departments, quangos, other public bodies and public corporations. Read more...
Life is Easier in the Public Sector
The research note shows how public sector workers enjoy higher pay, fewer hours, more days off sick and more generous pensions than their private sector counterparts. Read more...
TPA Response to the Tax Commission Report
The TPA welcomes the recommendations of the Tax Reform Commission report to reduce and simplify taxes, but argues that the report could have gone further in several areas. Read more...
Total Lifetime Tax
The research note finds that the average household pays £668,000 in direct and indirect taxes over a lifetime, a 6 per cent rise on the previous year, while a household in the poorest fifth pays £264,000 over a lifetime, a jump of 13 per cent. Read more...
Flat Tax: Towards a British Model
Written by economist and journalist Allister Heath, the book makes the case for a flat tax and sets out how it could be practically achieved in the UK. Read more...