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Aid budget to top police spending by 2014

Spending on international development projects will exceed the amount spent on front line policing, The Sun reported yesterday. Aid spending will rocket to a staggering £12.6 billion per year by 2014,...

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Robert Halfon MP demands fuel tax transparency

Robert Halfon MP has continued his campaigning on fuel prices. He has proposed legislation that would make the taxes more transparent to motorists. The MP for Harlow has submitted a Bill to Parliament...

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Public bodies’ incomprehensible or misleading responses to trade union...

The TaxPayers’ Alliance yesterday exposed the scandalous amount of taxpayers’ money being used to subsidise trade union activity through both direct grants and so-called facility time. Finding out how...

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Outgoing BBC boss gets an eye-watering reward for failure

The news that outgoing BBC Director General George Entwistle is to pocket a whopping £450,000 pay-out will shock and appal taxpayers everywhere. Mr Entwistle was in his job for just 54 days, meaning...

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The Government must act over the crippling cost of fuel duty

Motorists everywhere will be disappointed that MPs voted down yesterday’s attempt to reverse the Government’s proposed fuel duty rise. The proposed 3p increase is totally unacceptable when car owners...

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Our complicated taxes harm UK businesses

The overall burden on companies of Britain’s tax system has risen up 2 places in a world ranking compiled by the World Bank and PwC. It’s not often that British taxpayers get something to smile about...

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Whitehall departments must get on with delivering transparency for taxpayers

One of David Cameron’s first acts as Prime Minister was to order all 17 central Whitehall departments to publish information relating to spending and salaries. So it is deeply depressing to find out...

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Hello: Will somebody answer the phone?

The fact that taxpayers are facing a bill of £126 million a year because of the inability of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials to answer the phone is totally ludicrous. Last year a...

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Cut FOI costs by publishing more, not weakening the law

The Government has unveiled a series of proposals aimed at limiting people’s ability to make Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The news is concerning as the Freedom of Information Act has given...

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