Monday March 31

Blogs

11.30am, Burning Our Money
Matthew Sinclair:
NHS Blog Doctor's misleading attack on the Town Hall Rich List

NHS Blog Doctor's attack on the Town Hall Rich List 2008 and the TaxPayers' Alliance is a mix of ignorance and irrelevance.  Little more than a dishonest and misleading smear... - Read More

Media Coverage

- Trevor Kavanagh: Brown and Blair will be put on trial

"The Taxpayers’ Alliance has been probing how your money is spent, with billions gobbled up in pay rises, inflation-proof pensions and pointless Whitehall directives." - Sun

- SPEAKER UNDER NEW PRESSURE OVER £1.7M HOME IMPROVEMENTS

"The Taxpayers' Alliance campaign said it would submit a new Freedom of Information request to uncover exactly how the money had been spent. Campaign director Mark Wallace focused on the £13,000 spent on art 'given that the Goverent art collection already has 7,000 paintings not currently on display'." - Full Article

- Thousands ripped off over council-tax bills

"Mark Wallace, campaign director of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: “It’s bad enough that so many councils overcharge people, but it’s simply greedy of them to refuse to refund interest. If you owe the taxman money he will insist on a hefty interest payment, so it’s only fair that it works both ways. There should be a level playing field between taxpayers and public bodies.” Jenny Keefe of Moneysavingexpert said consumers should persist in reclaiming the interest, however. “Most councils do not pay interest automatically, but they might cough up when people write and complain,” she said.

“Some of our users have written and been turned down twice, and then got a cheque after the third letter.”" - Full Article