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Responding to the King’s Speech, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“Taxpayers will be deeply disappointed by a legislative programme that fiddles with everything while fixing nothing.
“With frontline services on their knees and the tax burden heading to a record high, Brits were expecting bold measures to deal with the genuine crises at the government’s door. Yet despite positive promises on planning, this agenda is dominated by low-priority issues and nakedly disastrous proposals, from a race equality bill to banning smoking, a football regulator and VAT on private schools.
“The government should ditch the vacuous virtue signalling and focus on improving frontline services.”
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William Yarwood
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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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