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| Abbreviation | TPA |
|---|---|
| Established | 2004 (20 years ago) |
| Types | Pressure group |
| Legal status | Limited company (The TaxPayers' Alliance Limited) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Location | 55 Tufton Street, London, United Kingdom |
| Membership | 18,000 (2008)[1] |
| Chief Executives | John O'Connell |
| Employees | 19 (2018) |
| Website | www |
The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom which was formed in 2004 to campaign for a low-tax society. The group had about 18,000 registered supporters as of 2008[1] and claimed to have 55,000 by September 2010. However, it has been suggested that a vast majority of these supporters – who do not contribute financially or engage in campaigning – were simply signed up to a mailing list.[2]
Questions have been raised about the funding of the organisation and there is speculation that significant contributions are received from overseas. The TPA was given the lowest possible grade for financial transparency by Who Funds You, a British project that seeks to rate and promote transparency of funding sources of think tanks.[3][4]
The alliance has also been questioned whether the group has links to similar organisations based at 55 Tufton Street in Westminster.[5] The TPA is part of a global alliance of free-market advocacy groups known as the Atlas Network.[6]
The group was founded by political strategist Matthew Elliott, who founded Eurosceptic think tank Business for Britain[7] as well as Conservative Friends of Russia, Big Brother Watch and the NOtoAV campaign during the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum. In 2015, Elliot was appointed chief executive of the Vote Leave campaign to promote a British withdrawal from the European Union.[8]
- ^ a b Brian Wheeler (3 March 2008). "The campaign group: Taxpayers' Alliance". BBC Online. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Harkin, James (2 September 2006). "The advocacy revolution". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Moshinsky, Ben (4 July 2017). "RANKED: The UK's think tanks, from most to least transparent". Business Insider.
- ^ "The UK campaign for think tank transparency | Who Funds You?". 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Ramsay, Adam; Geoghegan, Peter (31 July 2018). "Revealed: how the UK's powerful right-wing think tanks and Conservative MPs work together". openDemocracy.
- ^ Booth, Robert; correspondent, Robert Booth Social affairs (7 July 2023). "Rightwing lobby group campaigns to undermine UK four-day week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
{{cite news}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Matthew Jim ELLIOTT". Companies House. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ Cadwalladr, Carole (4 November 2017). "Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK". The Guardian.