Big expenses at big NHS quango
Another day, another example of wasteful spending in the NHS – this time with the NHS England board the guilty party. During the first year of the organisation’s existence, top-level officials managed...
View ArticleManston Airport’s closure is sad, but we can’t subsidise it
Thanet District Council in Kent has come under pressure to issue a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for local Manston Airport, which closed on 15th May, with the loss of 144 jobs. This marks a low point...
View ArticlePeter Bazalgette, the Arts Council and their awesome responsibility to spend...
Sir Peter Bazalgette, the chair of the Arts Council England, yesterday told a Centre for Policy Studies conference that the Government should continue give taxpayers’ cash to his organisation because...
View ArticleRoad repairs drive taxpayers up the wall
South West TPA supporter Malcolm Leaver has been doggedly pursuing his local council for information on the cost to the taxpayer of street repairs in his neighbourhood—but has been given the run around...
View ArticleFirst-class expenses at Plymouth University
While students are forced to take part-time jobs to help pay their way through university, some of the top staff at Plymouth University are enjoying the high-life at the expense of the taxpayer –...
View ArticleHigh drama at the Arts Council for Wales
The BBC has reported upon the cuts being made to the Arts Council for Wales (ACW) in a recent article. The article, which was constructed to act more as a pre-emptive tug at the heart strings of...
View ArticleFlight tax fury shows how painful it is
Just weeks after the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaigned against Air Passenger Duty (APD) at Bristol Airport, the unpopular tax on holidaymakers has become a political hot potato in the region. Last week,...
View ArticleDepartment for Transport’s economics go off-track
Today saw the publication of a quietly damning National Audit Office report into the ability, or lack thereof, of the Department for Transport to effectively analyse large-scale transport projects. It...
View ArticleJonathan writes for the Daily Mail
We wrote yesterday about the Annual Tax Summaries hitting doormats this week, and today our Chief Executive Jonathan Isaby writes for the Daily Mail on what we can find out from them. “This is a...
View ArticleIf a teacher doesn’t teach…
Every year, when we publish data on the number of full-time union representatives whose salaries are paid for by taxpayers, various individuals in our public conversation tell us that we’re just being...
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