Well, this budget was full of nasty nuggets. However, it was the things not discussed that were almost more disastrous. There remain gaping holes in important areas like defence, while public spending ...
Responding to the 2026 budget, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: “The chancellor has driven the tax burden to another record high to pay for gimmicks and giveaways ...
Artificial intelligence and robotics are advancing rapidly. Machines are becoming capable of performing tasks that once required substantial human labour, and the implications extend far beyond ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PIP claims for mixed anxiety and depressive disorder rose 108.5 per cent in the five years from 2021 to 2026, with four times as many claims for the condition as for ADHD as of April 2026. Autism PIP ...
7.3 million working age adults in England and Wales claiming universal credit as of May 2026, including 3.3 million under the age of 40. At least 30 per cent of the working age population in 15 ...
The waistband on the trousers of the civil service continues to stretch as the Whitehall blob expands year after year. The prime minister may come and go, but the appetite for a larger, more active ...
New research from the TaxPayers' Alliance shows 10 days of sick leave per year in local government, more than double the private sector average. Of the £667 million lost to sickness in 2024-25, or £3 ...
In the autumn, the chancellor will present his first budget. Alongside announcements on taxation and public spending for the upcoming financial year, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will ...
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