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Town Hall Rich List 2025: record 3,906 council bosses received over £100,000 last year

Local Government

Town Hall Rich List 2025: record 3,906 council bosses received over £100,000 last year

Embargoed: 22:30 Monday 31st March 2025 * Town Hall Rich List 2025 finds that a record 3,906 officials received more than £100,000, with 1,092 receiving over £150,000 in 2023-24, another record. * The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) provides a council-by-council breakdown of local government executive pay deals. A

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds Reeves' spring statement

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds Reeves' spring statement

For immediate release Responding to the spring statement delivered by Rachel Reeves, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “The excruciating sight of a chancellor facing the consequences of her own actions will not provide any schadenfreude for businesses facing surging tax bills, job-seekers seeing opportunities

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to MP’s pay rising by 2.8 per cent for the next financial year

Wasteful Spending

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to MP’s pay rising by 2.8 per cent for the next financial year

For immediate release Responding to MP’s pay rising by 2.8 per cent for the next financial year, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Taxpayers will be frustrated that while their own income is squeezed, MPs will face no such hardship. “Despite overseeing a

Starmer government set to spend £6.43 trillion by end of parliament

Wasteful Spending

Starmer government set to spend £6.43 trillion by end of parliament

Embargoed: Sunday, 23rd March 2025 * Starmer government set to spend £6.43 trillion by end of parliament, despite calls for spending cuts. * Starmer set to be second highest spending PM since second world war, behind only Boris Johnson. * Four of the ten biggest spending years in that period will be

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to council tax increasing across England by 5 per cent

Local Government

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to council tax increasing across England by 5 per cent

For immediate release Responding to government data showing that council tax is rising by an average of 5 per cent in England Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Fresh government data on council tax rises shows that once again local authorities across the country have

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to Liz Kendall’s benefit reforms

Wasteful Spending

TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to Liz Kendall’s benefit reforms

For immediate release Responding to Liz Kendall’s speech on welfare reform, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “It is difficult to take the government’s claim that it wants to get people back to work seriously given its relentless assault on British businesses and