Supporters’ Action Day in Swansea
Supporters of the TPA were out in Swansea last weekend, collecting signatures against the Council’s move to increase Council Tax by 5 per cent. Swansea is Wales second largest city, with a growing...
View Article“Embarrassingly weak” Recall Bill overshadows Queen’s Speech, says TaxPayers’...
Responding to the Queen’s Speech, Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: Some positive measures have been overshadowed by an embarrassingly weak Recall Bill. This stitch-up...
View ArticlePounding the streets with the TPA Action Team
I was fortunate enough this week to spend a sunny morning outdoors, and doing the best thing one can do outdoors: hitting the pavements to spread awareness of our latest campaign War on Waste. After an...
View ArticleExposing the quangocracy in Parliament
Earlier today, the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) held its second evidence session on the ‘Accountability of Quangos and Public Bodies’. Our Chief Executive Jonathan Isaby gave evidence...
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First stop Harlow on the War on Waste roadshow
Our War on Waste roadshow made its first stop at Harlow earlier today. We met up with local supporters in the town centre to tell people how the Government and Harlow and Essex councils are wasting...
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War on Waste roadshow stops at Ipswich and Peterborough
Following yesterday morning’s visit to Harlow, the War on Waste roadshow called in at Ipswich and Peterborough as Saturday moved along. In Ipswich we pitched up outside the council offices to draw...
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War on Waste roadshow comes to Leicester
This morning the War on Waste roadshow rolled up at the High Street at Leicester. We pitched up at the end near the site where the council has recently knocked down a car-park in order to build a new...
View ArticleWar on Waste visits Nottingham, Sheffield and Doncaster
The War on Waste moved on this afternoon, taking in the centre of Nottingham as well as the constituency offices of both Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband. The team set up shop outside Nottingham Council...
View ArticleMidlands the next stop for the War on Waste roadshow
The War on Waste roadshow made its way into the Midlands today with stopovers in Manchester, Stoke-on Trent, Stafford and finally Birmingham. On a blustery day outside Manchester Town Hall, City...
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Our War on Waste roadshow closes after 9 days, 29 stops, and over 1,300 miles
We started out 11 days ago, heading north from London, stopping off in Harlow, Ipswich, and Peterborough on our first day, and continuing up through Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull,...
View ArticleCould a Mansion Tax make our housing markets even more dysfunctional?
In today’s Daily Telegraph Jeremy Warner makes two very interesting points on the UK’s housing market dysfunctions and some commentators’ hopes that a Mansion Tax will do anything to fix them: Britain...
View ArticleAvon and Somerset need bobbies on the beat, not flower power
Avon and Somerset Police have spent £5,000 on a flower garden, in an effort to reduce local crime rates. The idea is that a communal area will reduce anti-social behaviour. As a result, the regenerated...
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TPA protests the hated Holiday Tax in Bristol
TPA supporters protested against Air Passenger Duty (APD) in Bristol Airport yesterday, setting up a stall in the departure zone and chatting to holidaymakers. APD is a departure tax charged on flights...
View ArticlePounding the streets with the TPA Action Team
I was fortunate enough this week to spend a sunny morning outdoors, and doing the best thing one can do outdoors: hitting the pavements to spread awareness of our latest campaign War on Waste. After an...
View ArticleCOMMENT: We need a proper MPs Recall Bill
Yesterday Andy Silvester wrote on the Spectator blog, arguing for a proper Recall Bill. There seem to have been few people who did not offer their two cents on David Ruffley. From domestic violence...
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Holiday Tax Campaign Arrives in Liverpool
On Wednesday, three of us from Tufton Street made our way to Liverpool John Lennon Airport to continue our week of campaigning against Air Passenger Duty (APD), calling on the Chancellor to axe the...
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Destination Luton for APD Campaign
On Thursday, five people and a cardboard cut-out set out on a noble quest: to persuade the good people of Luton Airport to support our campaign to abolish Air Passenger Duty (APD), a tax levied on all...
View ArticleTaxPayers’ Alliance reveals the 2,181 council staff earning more than £100,000
The TaxPayers’ Alliance is proud to present the eighth Town Hall Rich List, the Who’s Who of senior local government executives which details the job titles, full remuneration and many of the names of...
View ArticleWar on Waste rolls into Canterbury
Yesterday The TaxPayers’ Alliance took the War on Waste to Canterbury. Stationed outside the Beaney Library we split off into pairs to cover as much of the street as we could, thankful for the...
View ArticleCardiff Says No to the Sugar Tax
Supporters of the Taxpayers’ Alliance were in Cardiff on Saturday campaigning against Plaid Cymru’s proposed tax on fizzy drinks. With our stall set up on ‘The Hayes’ during the annual Cardiff...
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