Cast your mind back to this time last year, and you may remember the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announcing with some fanfare the beginning of the Rose Review into NHS Management. Chaired by Lord Rose, the former Marks & Spencer Chief Executive, the review would assess how NHS hospitals could... Read more...
We at the TaxPayers’ Alliance keep a close eye on what local councils do with your money and on how much money they take. At this time of year, local councils announce how much they intend to raise bills by in the year ahead. Read more...
As revolutions go, it’s a quiet one – dull-sounding Department for Transport reviews rarely create much fanfare. Read more...
It beggars belief. Read more...
Today the Daily Express reported that £1.5 million of EU taxpayers’ money was spent on a lift for the tiny Italian town Sutera on the island of Sicily. Some of this money will have come from UK taxpayers and it is an unacceptable waste. Read more...
After Rachel Reeves’ bizarre assertion yesterday that the government was going to pay for a policy, it was refreshing to hear a lecture from Margaret Hodge, the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) at the Speaker’s House last night. Read more...
114 town halls and police authorities have accepted the Department of Communities and Local Government offer of more money to freeze rates. Some of these have even managed to reduce rates. While it's not ideal that taxpayers' money has to be used to 'fund' a tax freeze, it will be... Read more...
The stalwart of campaigning is the good, old-fashioned street stall – but what do you need to bring and how can you make your event a little bit more interesting? Read more...
Anyone who holds street stalls and leaflets will know that it is only a matter of time before some officious type from the council tries to stop you. So here’s a short run through of what you are allowed to do and what you can’t – so you’ve got an... Read more...
With 87 days to go until the general election, the Labour Party has today pledged that it would increase paid paternity leave for new fathers from two weeks to four weeks, with a hike in the level of statutory pay from £120 per week to £260. Read more...
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has a long history of opposing workplace parking levies, but they just keep popping up elsewhere. It turns out councils really can’t resist the lure of a quick, money-grabbing scheme, despite the damage to local businesses. Read more...
Nick Clegg yesterday made a speech detailing how the Lib Dem’s would restore the nations finances. There is little detail in the proposals – never a good sign – but a few thoughts on the suggestions that were made. Read more...
Last night our Chief Executive, Jonathan Isaby argued that inheritance tax was immoral on Radio 4's The Moral Maze. Here's what Jonathan said: The full episode is available on iPlayer. Read more...
In the run up to the election, the Independent is asking 100 contributors what they would do if they were Prime Minister over 100 days. This is what our Chief Executive, Jonathan Isaby, said: If I were Prime Minister, the first thing I’d do would be to reassess every area... Read more...
As part of our ongoing War on Waste the TaxPayers' Alliance was back campaigning in Tower Hamlets this weekend. Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...
Of those councils who have declared their Council Tax policies for next year the vast majority are forecasting an increase. It's a sad state of affairs. However, a few councils are showing that bills can be cut while still delivering services. Hammersmith and Fulham have continued to reduce bills under their new... Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...
It’s almost like there’s an election coming. Both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives are talking today about how much they’ve cut taxes for hard-working people in the past five years – largely because of the increase in the Personal Allowance before individuals start paying Income Tax. Read more...
Shortly before the last General Election, the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a manifesto. Here is the latest in our series of posts looking at how the Coalition Government has performed in relation to our recommendations. The full TaxPayers' Alliance manifesto can be found here. Click here to see the full series of posts. Read more...