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A tax on jobs is the last thing this country needs

A tax on jobs is the last thing this country needs

When the prime minister stood at the despatch box to face Rishi Sunak at Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Westminster was awash with speculation and chatter around the tax rises that could be included in this Labour government’s first budget. The leader of the opposition cut to the

Five Takeaways from our Debt Clock Handbook

Five Takeaways from our Debt Clock Handbook

We at the TaxPayers’ Alliance have never shied away from talking about the national debt. Recently we re-launched our debt clock campaign along with a new online debt clock tool which shows our national debt in real time, how much it's increasing by and even what you could

The emerging cost of football's health crisis

Central Government

The emerging cost of football's health crisis

Football, like politics, is full of pitiful platitudes and empty virtue signalling. Unsurprisingly, when the two intersect, the outcome is more hot air than substance. But behind the feel-good slogans and surface-level concerns, both football and governments are guilty of decisions that have devastating real-world consequences—especially for taxpayers. A

Why are our services so rubbish?

Public Services

Why are our services so rubbish?

Though Westminster may not like to hear it, the TaxPayers’ Alliance can tell them that most of the country cares more about their bins than Sue Gray’s salary or the Conservative leadership race. Bin collection is something that every resident needs, and when there is a failure to collect

The energy windfall tax is economic self harm

The energy windfall tax is economic self harm

When the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) was introduced in May 2022, the reasoning was that the war in Ukraine had distorted the oil and gas market. This had led to far higher profits for energy companies through no improvements on their part, nor from any fault of the British people.

Why raising capital gains tax is a lose, lose

Why raising capital gains tax is a lose, lose

The UK is experiencing death by debt. As the Taxpayers’ Alliance new debt clock tool shows, debt is continuing to tick higher and higher without any reprieve. Currently, the debt clock shows the national debt at over £2.5 trillion, and is rapidly increasing at a rate of £382 million