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Responding to the spending review, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“We now know there is going to continue to be harsh austerity for taxpayers as they stare down the barrel of yet more devastating tax hikes in the Autumn, all to fund a profligate, wasteful and bloated public sector.
"Yet again politicians have failed to meet the challenge of fixing ballooning welfare bills and getting people back to work, meaning the inevitable fiscal crunch looms large.
“Spending has to be brought under control so that we can cut taxes and bring down the national debt - but that means politicians have to be on the side of taxpayers and businesses, which unfortunately very clearly isn't the case.”
Responding to the the line by line review of government budgets, Darwin Friend, head of research of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
"This was a rare piece of good news for those who care about fiscal responsibility but it is a bizarre decision for the chancellor to say she will reinvest savings into public services when the national debt is heading towards 100 per cent of GDP."
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Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) campaigns to reform taxes and public services, cut waste and speak up for British taxpayers. Find out more at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
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TaxPayers' Alliance's research council.
- The TPA is running a campaign on the national debt with a digital debt clock showing the national debt increasing by £5,048 per second.