Brits are fighting a cost of living crisis and a record tax burden. That's why we've been calling on the chancellor to immediately implement the promised income tax cut and double it to 2p in the pound!
We've calculated that doing so would save the average earner ÂŁ384! And this got us thinking, what could you buy with that money?
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In a widely viewed video for social media we highlighted the benefits of a 2p income tax cut. Savings of ÂŁ384 would be enough to purchase one of the following:
đş a 43" ultra HD television
âď¸ a long weekend in Barcelona (in a 4-star hotel)
⽠a season ticket for a Premier League football club
đ a year of gym membership
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and much more!
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The benefits of a tax cut are clear for all to see. It would let working households keep more of their own money and boost earnings for us all.
So if you haven't done so already please sign and share our petition and we'll deliver it straight to the chancellor!
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Just a quick reminder that the Town Hall Rich List Roadshow will be in Croydon next Saturday - where in 2020-21 the now former chief executive of Croydon council, Jo Negrini, received taxpayer-funded remuneration of ÂŁ613,000!
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Joined by our friends at the Croydon Constitutionalists we'll be asking locals whether Negrini deserved such a bumper compensation packet. If you'd like to join our campaigning efforts please get in touch.
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TaxPayers' Alliance in the news
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The government can afford tax cuts
A report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) suggests that the next prime minister will be able to make £60 billion of tax cuts without having to reduce spending or increase borrowing. Soon after the news was published our team took to the airwaves to explain the huge benefits that tax cuts could bring.
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Speaking to viewers on GBNews, our policy analyst Darwin Friend explained, "With fiscal headroom of that size, they can afford to cut taxes, boost growth and deliver more money in people's pockets!"Â Darwin also used the opportunity to call on the government to tackle Britain's ever-ballooning national debt.Â
We're making it clear to politicians that taxes can be cut. Click here to watch a clip from the interview.
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Taxpayer funding PPE storage in China!
The government this week reported that it has nearly 18 billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) with around a sixth stored in Chinese warehouses.
According to the Daily Mail, "It [PPE] is thought to be worth more than ÂŁ1 billion and cost ÂŁ5.8 million in storage between September and December last year."
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Commenting on the revelations our chief executive John O'Connell gave health chiefs both barrels, "These cheques to China for PPE storage will shock taxpayers. Billions of pounds of PPE have already been written off, yet there is no end in sight. The government needs to sell or dispose of excess supplies and ensure taxpayers arenât footing the bill for endless storage."
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TfL's tardy Tube drivers
New figures released by Transport for London (TfL) show that 894 Tube journeys were delayed between 2019 and 2022 thanks to drivers arriving late for work. The news comes in the wake of a series of strikes in the past year and drivers' demands for pay rises.
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Giving his reaction to CityAM our investigations campaign manager Elliot Keck was scathing of transport bosses: âWhile hard-working taxpayers get up early, high-earning tube drivers are sleeping in. TfL bosses need to ensure taxpayers are protected against tardy tube drivers.â
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Tackling inflation and the cost of living
And when he wasn't calling out TfL, Elliot was busy on the airwaves as well. The latest inflation figures made for grim reading on Thursday as CPI soared to 9.4 per cent. Speaking to presenter David Bull on TalkTV, Elliot called on the government to get its spending under control.Â
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He rightly pointed out that with an inflationary and cost of living crisis the "onus is on taxpayers to cut down spending but not on the government." Adding "it's Government that fuels inflation as much as consumers. It's time for the government to look at how it can make savings." Hear! Hear! Watch a clip from the interview.
Ministers should remember that the best way to help taxpayers is by putting money back into peoplesâ pockets through targeted tax cuts.
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The new government must recommit to axing the TV tax
The TaxPayersâ Alliance has long called for serious, far-reaching reform of public service broadcasting. The release last week of the BBCâs annual report shows precisely where your licence fee is going: straight into the back pockets of their big hitters and top execs.
As Elliot writes this week, this news comes in the first full year of over-75s having to pay the licence fee. The Beeb would rather fleece pensioners than cut its wasteful diversity budgets and top star salaries.
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The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee has acknowledged the licence fee is simply not fit for the 21st century. But the committeeâs alternative suggestions are scarcely an improvement.Â
Clearly, there is now a lively debate about the future funding model of the Beeb. Letâs remember that hundreds of thousands of people are still prosecuted every year for non-payment of the licence fee, while BBC bosses take home the big bucks. Itâs time to axe the TV tax, once and for all. Click here to read more.
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Woke Whitehall strikes again!
Yet again freedom of information requests by the TaxPayers' Alliance has revealed the wasteful use of public money. This time we learned that Whitehall departments "splashed out" more than ÂŁ200,000 on gender-neutral toilets. The Department for Work and Pensions shelled out ÂŁ110,000 alone on just 22 loos.
Revealed exclusively in the Daily Mail, John O'Connell was scathing of the expenditure, telling readers, "Taxpayers are sick of seeing civil servants splash out on redundant refurbishments. Gender-neutral toilets go against clear government guidance that there 'needs to be proper provision of gender-specific toilets. Officials must put a stop to these conversions and focus funding on frontline services."
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Harry Fone
Grassroots Campaign Manager
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