News Universities double investment in diversity staff over three years A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that 164 UK universities spent £42,410,688.46 on EDI roles in 2021-24. Speaking to the Times, which published these findings, our investigations campaign manager, Joanna Marchong said: “Taxpayers are starting to see just how deeply the public sector is plagued by
Blog South Cambridgeshire: a timeline of a scandal South Cambridgeshire District Council are over two years into what was supposed to be a three month trial of a four-day week. This bonkers experiment was never in a manifesto, until recently residents had never been consulted and councillors have never been given a vote. It is one of the
Campaigns Introducing Spaff: The Spectator Project Against Frivolous Funding A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that councils spent £1.7 million planning and promoting 624 events that were cancelled between 2020 and 23. Speaking to the Spectator, which published these findings, our investigations campaign manager, Joanna Marchong said: “Taxpayers will be shocked by the sheer cost of these
Press Releases TaxPayers’ Alliance declares “personal recession” in response to GDP figures For immediate release * TPA declares “personal recession”, meaning two consecutive quarters of falling GDP per capita. * Research by the group has found that this is third “personal recession” since the mid 2010s. * This comes as ONS figures show that in October to December 2024 the economy grew by 0.1
Research Briefing: GDP per capita and personal recessions The UK collects data around economic growth and migration statistics which are released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This measures those entering and leaving the country and gross domestic product (GDP) which acts as a measure of economic health, but it can disguise underlying issues affecting individual prosperity.
Podcasts Why does the UK hate the rich so much? Podcast host Duncan Barkes is joined by Daniel Lilley, Senior Researcher at Civitas and Max Marlow, Director of Research and Education at the Adam Smith Institute. They discuss the new Civitas research paper entitled 'Balancing taxes and benefits: Starting the public conversation on net recipience'. Max also talks
