Caution: medical waste
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NHS black hole?
The NHS was front and centre in the news this week. A TPA investigation revealed supposedly cash-strapped NHS trusts are sitting on ÂŁ12 million worth of artwork.
In comments to The Daily Telegraph our chief executive, John O’Connell, rightly warned that “hospitals are turning into mini art galleries.”
That wasn’t all we uncovered this week. Our investigations manager Elliot Keck discovered the health service was advertising for 16 diversity, equality, inclusion, and wellbeing roles during October with a combined total salary of over £700,000!
Elliot railed against ([link removed]) this latest example of NHS wokery, blasting: “Taxpayers are sick of seeing precious resources used to pay for NHS diversity hires. While health bosses complain that hospitals are understaffed, NHS bodies continue pumping out ads for yet more diversity demagogues.”
All this is off the back of a previous TPA exposé showing the health service has blown £1 million on woke groups ([link removed]) for staff.
With all this waste (and more) in the system, demands for £7 billion ([link removed]) from health chiefs are a little hard to swallow. It’s high time ministers and health bosses get a grip and ensure that funds are directed towards frontline roles.
If you’re sick of seeing your cash wasted, click here to support our campaign. ([link removed])
Hancock’s jungle jolly
With former health secretary Matt Hancock announcing that he’s jetting off to join the latest season of I’m a Celebrity, the TPA team reacted with fury ([link removed]) to him abandoning his responsibilities to kick start his TV career.
Our digital campaign manager Joe Ventre summed up the situation perfectly, slamming Hancock’s decision: “this grubby spectacle will leave a bad taste in the mouths of his constituents”. Joe called for him to not receive a penny of taxpayers’ money while on his TV hiatus.
Our comments certainly made a splash ([link removed]) with the media, being covered by the Daily Mail and others.
It simply cannot be right for Matt Hancock to abandon his constituents for a jolly in the jungle!
TaxPayers' Alliance in the news
Rishi plans raid
At the beginning of the week, taxes were the talk of the town, with reports that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt were planning massive tax grabs. Naturally, as the go-to-group speaking up for taxpayers, our spokesmen were all over the airwaves and newspapers.
In comments picked up by both The Daily Telegraph ([link removed]) and Daily Express, John called out the proposed hikes ([link removed]) blasting: “Taxpayers will be horrified by talk of bigger bills to come. With the tax burden at a 70 year high, Brits are being expected to bear the brunt of a spiralling cost of government crisis.”
Taking our message to TalkTV viewers and listeners, Elliot followed up by lambasting the idea that people can simply continue to pay more and more tax ([link removed]) to make up for the outrageous cost of government.
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Ministers must get a grip of this “completely unsustainable” situation. Click here to watch the clip! ([link removed])
TPA chief economist, Duncan Simpson, also didn’t mince his words when outlining the fiscal realities we face.
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Duncan reminded GB News viewers ([link removed]) across the country that “the tax burden has for a couple of years now actually has been at basically a post-war high. The idea that we are an undertaxed society independently or relatively to other rich countries is completely for the birds.”
Penalising pints?
The Alcohol Health Alliance UK used a letter to the PM this week demanding an increase to the taxes ([link removed]) paid on the humble pint.
John shot down the latest nannying ideas ([link removed]) in comments to Mail Online: “Further hikes in booze duties would only hammer the households who are hardest up, while doing little to dissuade problem drinkers.”
Blog of the week
October waste roundup
For this week’s blog, Elliot brings us a summary of his latest investigations ([link removed]) as part of our War on Waste campaign ([link removed]) .
Elliot has revealed waste right across the public sector. Unfortunately, as Elliot pointed out: “October was a month of horrors. And no, not just Halloween.” Read the full compilation of recent waste stories here. ([link removed])
War on Waste
With so much waste this week, we thought it would be nice to bring you a good news story for once.
This week’s heroes are Stoke-on-Trent city council, who have saved local taxpayers £651,000 with their crackdown on council housing tenancy fraud ([link removed]) .
With social housing fraud estimated to cost ([link removed]) UK taxpayers ÂŁ1 billion each year, efforts like these from councils are a great place to start.
Let me know of stories from your areas (good and bad) (mailto:
[email protected]?subject=re.%20Weekly%20bulletin)
Benjamin Elks
Fundraising, Operations, and Events assistant
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