Tag Archives: Taxpayers Alliance

Left Foot Forward vs The TaxPayers’ Alliance

By Left Foot Forward | Published: February 15, 2013

Left Foot Forward’s James Bloodworth takes on John O’Connell of the TaxPayer’s Alliance over the mansions tax.

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It’s official: the 50p tax rate raises revenue

By Alex Hern | Published: January 9, 2012

As the evidence comes in that the 50p tax rate raises hundreds of millions of pounds a year, Alex Hern looks at what the new Tory line will be on the rate.

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Pickles needs a friend

By Alex Hern | Published: October 3, 2011

Today hasn’t been a good day for Eric Pickles – even Gideon was mocking him: ““Economic advisor to Gordon Brown”. I’m not sure I’d put that on my CV if I were Ed Balls. It’s like “personal trainer to Eric Pickles”. Although I have to say, when it comes to chasing down council waste, no-one runs faster [...]

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Crazy Taxpayers’ Alliance attack on council that’s *saving* money

By Daniel Elton | Published: August 30, 2011

The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s lack of research beggars belief; it couldn’t be that the TPA are just a bunch of ideological zealots?

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Taxpayers’ Alliance attack NHS communications – just as government reprieves services

By Natan Doron | Published: August 3, 2011

The Taxpayers Alliance is attacking Central London NHS trusts’s decision to recruit a top level professional to lead communications – even though it may make a difference between life and death

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TaxPayers’ Alliance make a mockery of themselves by denying wellbeing evidence

By Guest | Published: July 28, 2011

The TaxPayers’ Alliance merely makes a mockery of citizens as well as themselves by denying the evidence on wellbeing, writes Jules Peck.

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What the No2AV director really thinks of Forgemasters

By Shamik Das | Published: February 24, 2011

The No2AV campaign have claimed a no vote would result in the restoration of the loan to Sheffield Forgemasters – despite this being untrue and despite campaign director Matthew Elliott welcoming the cuts.

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More honesty required in net neutrality debate

By Chris Tarquini | Published: January 6, 2011

Questions remain over culture minister Ed Vaizey’s proposed deregulation of net neutrality, reports Chris Tarquini.

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Fox News claims anti-fees protests were “rebellion against big government”

By Chris Tarquini | Published: November 29, 2010

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has again been caught misrepresenting video footage, claiming the anti-fees protests were a “rebellion against big government”.

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