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Why we should rip up our tax system
It’s time to be bold, argues John O’Connell: tear up our tax system and start again. George Osborne called our tax system a “spaghetti bowl” in 2010. He had a point. We have one of the world’s longest tax codes at over 11,500 pages, and this has real consequences for families and businesses in the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Why we should rip up our tax system
It’s time to be bold, argues John O’Connell: tear up our tax system and start again. George Osborne called our tax system a “spaghetti bowl” in 2010. He had a point. We have one of the world’s longest tax codes at over 11,500 pages, and this has real consequences for families and businesses in the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Why we should rip up our tax system
It’s time to be bold, argues John O’Connell: tear up our tax system and start again. George Osborne called our tax system a “spaghetti bowl” in 2010. He had a point. We have one of the world’s longest tax codes at over 11,500 pages, and this has real consequences for families and businesses in the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The 2020 Tax Commission final report
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The 2020 Tax Commission final report
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The Tax Reform Britain Needs
Both the tax rates and the number of different taxes need to be cut, writes Matthew Sinclair. From “Red” Ken Livingstone, the Labour Party candidate for mayor of London, to Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president of the United States, politicians have been getting in trouble over their taxes. With voters struggling to [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Turn off your iPad, David Cameron, and start dealing with Britain’s debt
The Prime Minister David Cameron talks about fiscal sanity but is borrowing like a drunken Keynesian, writes Fraser Nelson No one dispenses advice to the eurozone better than David Cameron. His speech yesterday was a fountain of good sense and hard truth. Quite rightly, he said there’s no point in any uncompetitive, debt-addicted country thinking [...] Read the rest of this entry »
NEW RESEARCH: Town Hall Rich List 2012
3,097 council staff earning over £100k The only comprehensive guide to top pay at UK local councils, with detailed breakdowns for each council included A record 3,097 council staff earned over £100,000 in 2010-11 (up 13 per cent on 2009-10) The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) proudly presents the sixth Town Hall Rich List, the ‘Who’s Who‘ of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
NEW RESEARCH: Town Hall Rich List 2012
3,097 council staff earning over £100k The only comprehensive guide to top pay at UK local councils, with detailed breakdowns for each council included A record 3,097 council staff earned over £100,000 in 2010-11 (up 13 per cent on 2009-10) The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) proudly presents the sixth Town Hall Rich List, the ‘Who’s Who‘ of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Research: TaxPayers’ Alliance criticises £67 million wasteful subsidy to pharmacists
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has criticised the £67 million subsidy given to pharmacists for Medicine Use Reviews (MURs), which many GPs regard as a waste of money. Click here to read the full report The reviews encourage pharmacists to spot any overlaps or interactions between medicines being taken by patients. They are also intended to reduce [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Research: TaxPayers’ Alliance criticises £67 million wasteful subsidy to pharmacists
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has criticised the £67 million subsidy given to pharmacists for Medicine Use Reviews (MURs), which many GPs regard as a waste of money. Click here to read the full report The reviews encourage pharmacists to spot any overlaps or interactions between medicines being taken by patients. They are also intended to reduce [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Research: £54 billion black hole in council pension schemes revealed
Includes breakdown of every council’s pension deficit The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) today reveals that councils across the UK had a combined pension deficit of £54 billion in 2010-11. The assets of all 101 local authority pension funds in the UK are dwarfed by their liabilities, creating a deficit which taxpayers are ultimately liable for. CLICK HERE TO READ THE [...] Read the rest of this entry »
TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to Budget 2012
Matthew Elliott, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, offered this reaction to the Budget: “There is a lot of good news in the Budget for families who have struggled in the recession. The cuts in corporate and top rate taxes will improve the incentive to invest and innovate, meaning higher wages before tax. Then a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
TaxPayers’ Alliance reaction to Budget 2012
Matthew Elliott, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, offered this reaction to the Budget: “There is a lot of good news in the Budget for families who have struggled in the recession. The cuts in corporate and top rate taxes will improve the incentive to invest and innovate, meaning higher wages before tax. Then a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Council Tax Campaign
As part of a nationwide campaign against planned Council Tax rises we are highlighting research and official statistics to put the proposed increases in context and suggest some areas where savings could be made instead. Many households are struggling with the rising cost of living yet are finding out that their local council has put [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Council Tax Campaign
As part of a nationwide campaign against planned Council Tax rises we are highlighting research and official statistics to put the proposed increases in context and suggest some areas where savings could be made instead. Many households are struggling with the rising cost of living yet are finding out that their local council has put [...] Read the rest of this entry »
TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals February’s “Pin-Up” and “Pinhead” of the Month
Today the TaxPayers’ Alliance announces the latest recipients of its monthly awards to celebrate those in power who have sought to save – and waste – taxpayers’ money. The man, woman or organisation to be congratulated for saving public money or acting in the interests of the hard-pressed taxpayer is named the TPA’s “Pin-Up of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals February’s “Pin-Up” and “Pinhead” of the Month
Today the TaxPayers’ Alliance announces the latest recipients of its monthly awards to celebrate those in power who have sought to save – and waste – taxpayers’ money. The man, woman or organisation to be congratulated for saving public money or acting in the interests of the hard-pressed taxpayer is named the TPA’s “Pin-Up of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Research: Spending on trees in Parliament
Today we have exposed an incredible waste of taxpayers’ money at the heart of Parliament. A response to a Freedom of Information request that we submitted reveals the huge sum of money spent on the upkeep of plants and trees on the Parliamentary estate. Astonishingly, a handful of trees are being rented at cost to [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Research: Office of Fair Trading credit card spending revealed
In the latest of a series of investigations into spending on Government Procurement Cards we have learned that staff at the Office of Fair Trading dined out at a branch of smutty American bar and grill chain Hooters and charged the £80 bill to taxpayers. At the other end of the spectrum, about £2,400 of [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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