Cut taxes to boost growth

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High taxes stifling growth?
When the IMF released their latest growth expectations this week, we weren’t surprised to see fiscal policy partly blamed for the UK’s downgrade. The combination of high spending and the seventy year high tax burden ([link removed]) to pay for it, is one of the key factors the UK is now expected to be the only major economy to shrink this year.
Whilst these predictions have proven somewhat pessimistic in recent years, it’s clear that the chancellor must do more to get a grip on the cost of government crisis. With inflation still running high, targeted tax cuts for businesses and households would be a real boon in these hard times.
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Our chief executive, John O’Connell, took to the airwaves ([link removed]) and explained to Sky News viewers the importance of bringing the tax burden under control: “We think the budget is the perfect time to be saying ... we've now got room to give businesses and taxpayers a bit of a break to boost economic growth.”

There are still opportunities to go for growth, and we’ll never stop standing up for taxpayers, calling out the government’s reckless spending and oppressive tax burden. Click here to donate to our campaign ([link removed]) .
Grassroots news
Last week, the TPA team returned to Arundel where the district council plans to gamble almost half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money building their own B&B!
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With hundreds of residents having signed our letter to local councillors, our investigations campaign manager Elliot Keck gave us an update from the doorsteps ([link removed]) of Arundel saying: “this is a high risk, speculative investment that the council has absolutely no right to be making!”

If you’re a resident of Arundel or Walberton, click here to sign our letter ([link removed]) .
TaxPayers' Alliance in the news
A door fit for a lord

It emerged this week that the cost of a new door for the House of Lords has rocketed to a mega £7 million!
TPA researcher, Tom Ryan, spoke to the Daily Express slamming the shocking sums ([link removed]) : “Taxpayers will be furious about this eye-watering bill. While Parliament will always need renovations, this bumper sum seems hard to justify.”
Bonuses for bankruptcy

A TPA investigation has revealed that Hampshire county council have doled out £765,046 in bonuses to staff ([link removed]) in a single year, despite claiming to be on the verge of bankruptcy ([link removed]) .
As Elliot explained ([link removed]) to readers of the Hampshire Chronicle: “These figures only add to the sense that the council has not got a grip on its spending.” Councils must get their spending in order before raiding the pockets of taxpayers.
Taxpayers taken for a ride

Councils squandering cash seems to be like riding a bike - they never forget how to do it. Birmingham city council have seen fit to paint a ‘bizarre’, seven foot cycle lane ([link removed]) . Yes, seven foot!
Tom told MailOnline readers “Opening up the road to cyclists is not a bad thing but taxpayers will see through this half-hearted effort.”
Blog of the week
Haringey council clanger

In this week’s blog, our digital campaign manager, Joe Ventre, takes a look at the costly consultation ([link removed]) conducted by Haringey council into changing the name of a local street.
Whilst the council claimed the name needed to be changed due to the negative impact the supposedly offensive name was having on residents, as Joe explains “81 per cent of those who lived on the street itself were against the plan to rename the street”. Sadly, as always, it’s local taxpayers who’ll be picking up the six figure bill for a change they didn’t even want. Click here to read the blog ([link removed]) .
War on Waste
At the beginning of January, we brought you the news that 90 per cent of new trees ([link removed]) planted by some councils, at a cost of £11 million, have since died.

Having already wasted almost £50,000, Gloucester city council are doubling down ([link removed]) and planting an additional 13,500 trees, to replace the ones that died when they failed to water them. Who doesn’t love trees…but, town hall bosses must show more respect for their resident’s money!

Send me your examples of wasteful council spending (mailto:[email protected]?subject=re.%20Weekly%20bulletin)

Benjamin Elks
Operations Manager

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