TaxPayers' Alliance Trade Union Rich List 2019 On Monday and with the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in full swing we revealed that the average remuneration of the 30 union bosses on more than £100,000 per year was £144,168 in 2018. This is an increase of £12,970 from the previous year.…

TaxPayers' Alliance TPA proved right on true costs of HS2 On Tuesday we welcomed the announcement by Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport, that the true cost of High Speed 2 (HS2) will be £81-88 billion in 2019 prices. Previous governments have maintained that HS2 would onl…

TaxPayers' Alliance Cost overruns of major government projects On Monday we published our latest piece of research analysing the cost overruns of 10 recent and in-progress major government projects in the UK. Written by our policy analyst Jeremy Hutton his key findings are: overruns…

TaxPayers' Alliance Freedom. Capitalism. Prosperity In our latest publication, the Freedom Factbook, we outline the massive benefits that lower taxes and limited intervention in the economy can bring. Free markets and free people have made the whole world richer, made people more eq…

TaxPayers' Alliance Public sector fat cats This week two publicly funded bodies showed how out of touch they are with taxpayers. Both the Department for International Development (DfID) and the BBC decided to award bonuses and pay rises to their staff. It's fair to say that DfID is a…

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