The first comparison of official and academic estimates of the social cost of Britain’s carbon emissions with the revenue raised from green taxes shows that environmental taxation is already above its optimal level. Read more...
The TPA attacks the intellectual assumptions behind the report and argues that the Policy Group’s recommendations would lead to more tax, regulation and bureaucracy, would curb vital infrastructure development and would undermine free trade. Read more...
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has compiled Britain’s first ever list of university “non-courses” – university degrees that lend the respectability of scholarly qualifications to non-academic subjects – and calculated their annual cost to students and taxpayers. The huge expansion in student numbers in recent years, encouraged by the Government’s 50 per... Read more...
The research note calculates that the London Olympics will add £4 billion to construction inflation in London and the South East. Read more...
The research note finds that if the Government had not bought hybrid cars, it could have planted 74,000 trees with the money saved, a far better environmental move. Read more...
The research note extends the concept of Tax Freedom Day and estimates the date in the calendar year when the average person has earned enough to pay of his share of government spending and regulation. Read more...
The TaxPayers' Alliance today reveals for the first time the scale of cost overruns in public sector capital procurement projects. We have investigated the official record of over 300 schemes, including roads, hospitals, science facilities, IT systems, art galleries and defence systems, which have been completed since the start of... Read more...
The research note gives details of employees working to reduce carbon emissions in a random sample of 25 local authorities. Read more...
This note presents the results of 4 days of analysis of the bigger government/smaller government balance on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, and finds that the "more government" messages dominate the "less government" messages. Download Today Programme balance (PDF) Read more...
This report analyses official data for the last 20 years and finds that the gap between the tax burden facing the poorest fifth and the richest fifth of households has widened under Gordon Brown. The poor pay higher taxes than the rich. Download Poorest fifth pay the highest tax burden... Read more...
In advance of the Budget in March 2007, the TPA detailed a large number of countries abroad that had cut taxes in the past two years, putting pressure on Gordon Brown to follow suit. Read more...
...Nobody, but if current trends continue, by 2015 the average houshold will be paying £1 million in direct and indirect taxes over a lifetime. Download Who wants to be a Tax Millionaire? (PDF) Read more...
This report analyses official data for the last 20 years and finds that the gap between the tax burden facing the poorest fifth and the richest fifth of households has widened under Gordon Brown. The poor pay higher taxes than the rich. Read more...
The TPA commissioned the Centre for Economics and Business Research to build a dynamic model of the UK economy. The first simulations show that reducing the main corporation tax rate to the Irish rate would deliver immense economic benefits. Read more...
A joint publication with Isitfair, the campaign for reform of the council tax system, giving details of councillors’ allowances in town halls across the country. Read more...
A groundbreaking study, using the Freedom of Information Act, listing the names, positions and total remuneration of all staff in 230 local authorities earning over £100,000 a year for the periods 2004-05 and 2005-06. Read more...
The report sets out the first ever comprehensive costing of the Common Fisheries Policy, and argues that it has been a disaster for fishermen, consumers and the environment alike. Read more...
The first report of the new “Better Government Campaign” shows that public services are failing because politicians lack the management experience and subject knowledge to run them effectively. Read more...
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 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...
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...
Presents a list of 100 senior civil servants with pension pots of at least £500,000. Read more...
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...
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...