The government’s decision to give mayors in England the power to introduce a tourist tax would be a knife in the back to tourism in the UK. Under these powers, mayors would be given control over how ...

438 quangos received £376 billion in government funding in 2023-24, on top of £36 billion in non-governmental income. Quangos are now responsible for almost one in every three pounds of government ...

Wealth taxes are levied on personal capital, the stock of what people have versus the flow of their income or consumption. Within that broader category, net wealth taxes (annual charges on people’s ...

Local authorities provide social care support to asylum seekers under statutory duties established by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the Children Act 1989.[1], [2] This encompasses three ...

Since 2007, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has compiled an annual list of local authority employees receiving over £100,000 in total remuneration. The 2026 edition of this report marks the 20th edition of ...

Ahead of a significant vote on proposals to slow the increasing size of the UK benefits bill, the TaxPayers’ Alliance have revealed that adults in England are receiving the enhanced mobility section ...

The Covid Inquiry has become the most expensive statutory inquiry conducted under the Inquiries Act 2005, with total expenditure now exceeding £192 million since its establishment. The projected total ...

NOTE: The original version of this research paper stated that Nottingham had increased its council tax in cash terms more than any other English local authority since 1993. This has now been corrected ...

Around 870,066 Universal Credit claimants in their twenties were not in work, equivalent to 67.5 per cent, higher than the average of 60.8 per cent. Birmingham's constituencies ranged from 67.7 to ...

Darwin Friend returned to the TaxPayers’ Alliance in November 2023 and is responsible for leading the research team. He was previously a researcher and policy analyst before working in propositions ...

Having promised not to raise taxes on “working people’’,[1] the government is widely expected to raise taxes on higher earners to pay for increased public spending. This comes as the UK is already set ...

NHS service providers have an obligation to ensure interpreting and translation services are provided to their patients free at the point of delivery. This can be provided face-to-face, over the phone ...