The TaxPayers' Alliance - Home: Friday July 18

Blogs

Corin_taylor_2 4.45pm, Economics 101
Corin Taylor:
Still a long way to go on tax and spend

This is extremely welcome and significant, whether out of a change in principle, or a sense that votes are up for grabs. The Liberal Democrats are the only one of the three main parties to pledge to reduce the overall burden of tax. We wait to see their detailed costings and the specific areas of government spending they will cut, but, as Iain Dale wrote in today’s Telegraph [link], “it’s a damn sight more than any other politician has had the guts to do”... - Read More

Tim_aker_2 3.30pm, Campaign
Tim Aker:
What the Thurrock are they playing at?

...a whopping £130,000 bill for the Council to employ 3 more health and safety officers at Thurrock Council... - Read More

Tim_aker 10.20am, Campaign
Tim Aker:
Depoliticising politics

By reforming, decentralising and allowing taxpayers’ money to follow the taxpayer into competitive services, we would see taxpayers’ making the choices about where their money goes so they have the responsibility of finding – and receiving – the best service. Undoubtedly taxpayers would opt for the service professionally run and delivered. If the service fails, they have the option to remove their custom. With government education, health and – dare I even say it – policing, there is no alternative, the politicians rule and make your decisions. It’s like Henry Ford’s analogy: “you can have whatever colour car you like, as long as it’s black”... - Read More

Corin_taylor 9.20am, Better Government
Corin Taylor:
Choice needs to go much further than at present

This is an important reminder that half-hearted reforms will not be sufficient to really improve our public services. Only putting real spending power in the hands of ordinary people will achieve that... - Read More