It was standing room only at the Boston Brighton Tea Party organised by the Freedom Association early this evening at which Dan Hannan was guest speaker. He said that it was time to “bring sanity and order back to the public finances” an that had to be done by reducing expenditure rather than increasing taxes.
He [...]
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Dan Hannan calls for a return to sanity in the public finances and a revolutionary dispersal of power at the Brighton Tea Party
Gordon Brown – Harnessing the power of technology
PM’s podcast on harnessing the power of technology
A transcript of the Prime Minister’s podcast on the Pre-Budget Report, recorded on 5 December 2009.
All our lives are being transformed by the digital revolution.
For many the internet and mobile phones are now seen as indispensible as electricity, gas and water.
And the wealth of information instantly available – [...]
Human rights warning over MPs’ expenses regulation
Who is going to press the button to scrap all this human rights nonsense which is materially affecting the rights of the suffering tax payers ???
Human rights warning over MPs’ expenses regulation
new bill runs into more trouble
By Daniel Bentley – Press and Journal
Published: 01/07/2009
PLANS for [...]
TaxPayers’ Alliance – Calman Commission – Scottish Devolution
Calman Commission
After many months of deliberation, the Calman Commission has this week reported back on the question of Scottish devolution. Last year the TPA produced a report on Scottish funding, financial devolution and the Barnett Formula which we submitted to the Commission. Our report reccomended full fiscal devolution, so that Scotland would gain control of its [...]
TaxPayers’ Alliance – MPs’ expenses – keeping up the fight
The TPA would like to thank our members for all their support for our campaign to find out exactly how our elected representatives have been spending our money. We are making progress, but there are several ways that you can help to keep up the pressure for full transparency. As you will have seen, yesterday Parliament [...]
UK Mp’s expenses fiasco rumbles on
More expenses revelations as the saga rumbles on.
“A Labour MP says he will stand down at the next election if his constituents demand it, following allegations over his second home expenses claims. The Daily Telegraph says Dr Ian Gibson, Norwich North MP, claimed for a London flat while his daughter and her partner lived there [...]
Tax Payers Alliance launch campaign for private prosecutions of MP’s
As you may have already seen today, the TPA - backed by the Daily Mail - is launching a campaign for private prosecutions of MPs who may have broken the law in their expenses claims. The expenses scandal that has been exposed in recent days by the Telegraph cannot be dismissed simply by apologies, excuses or the waving [...]
Tory Plan For Green Technology
We must start looking at tomorrow today! This plan laid out by Conservative Party, George Osborne, fits the bill.
Our plan for a green technology recovery
Thursday, April 16 2009
George Osborne
George Osborne has set out a series of measures that could be introduced in next week’s Budget and would bring about a green technology revolution in Britain.
The [...]
How to save £57.8 billion – Tax Payers Alliance and Dispatches
TPA and Dispatches reveal how to save £57.8 billion
The TPA launch a new report showing that the Government could save £57.8 billion a year, £2,277 per family, by cutting structural waste in the public sector. The report was written by William Norton, a key author of the James Review in 2005, who revisited the subject [...]