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 ...

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 ...

50 years on from the humiliation of our 1976 IMF bail-out loan, our analysis shows we’re now in an even worse fiscal mess. So what does the IMF think we should do to dig ourselves out this time? We ...

TaxPayers’ Alliance launches an online tool that allows taxpayers to look up how much they pay for welfare spending in their local area, for the first time. AI-powered tool generates an itemised ...

Britain has a serious fiscal problem. Public spending has already grown beyond the economy’s sustainable funding capacity, and long-term projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and ...

Responding to Andy Burnham’s speech at Labour party conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “Burnham’s plan to abolish the triple lock will barely touch the sides ...

Britain’s public finances are under growing strain, with debt close to twice the level seen during the 1976 fiscal crisis, a heavier interest burden, weaker productivity growth and mounting pressure ...

As the chancellor addresses the Labour conference, the fiscal backdrop is worse than in 1976, according to a new report by former Treasury and City economist Mike Denham. 50 years ago, Britain ...

At the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the Right to Food Commission released their 200 page report calling for a legally enforceable “right to food” in Britain. It is a prime example of ...

This edition of Data Decoded is arriving a little later than usual. Last week, the TaxPayers’ Alliance was at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where I spoke on a panel about Britain’s ...

TaxPayers’ Alliance releases a comprehensive map of benefits spending across England and Wales, across every constituency and local authority. Welfare Map reveals 54 constituencies had benefits bills ...

Responding to John Healey’s speech at Labour party conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said “The chancellor offered next to nothing to defuse the benefits bomb ...