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By: Elliot Keck

Elliot Keck is head of campaigns at The Taxpayer’s Alliance

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  • If Starmer wants to cut foreign aid, here’s where he should start

    Keir Starmer has announced plans to cut the foreign budget to pay for increased defence spending. He should start with the billions we hand out to the global quangocracy, says Elliot Keck Keir Starmer may not deserve much credit for his time in office so far, but at least on defence spending he’s shown leadership. [...]

  • Labour’s tax on business will cost young workers the most

    Opinion

    Labour's bid to improve workers' rights will end up costing the young and inexperienced the most, writes Elliot Keck.

    Graduates face a tough jobs market and a lifetime of high taxes
  • We’d drink to the departure of Amy Lame, but all the pubs are shut

    Opinion

    Good riddance to Amy Lame, Sadiq Khan’s useless ‘night czar’ who did nothing to tackle the regulation strangling London’s pubs, bars and nightclubs, writes Elliot Keck The United States has been responsible for furnishing us with many of the most iconic soundbites for free-market and small state advocates. Milton Friedman’s “nothing is so permanent as [...]

  • High-tax, high-spend and little reform: Reeves’ plan is tried and failed

    September 24, 2024

    Reeves says the UK public can trust Labour with its money, but her plan is just a reheated version of one we've already tried over and over again, writes Elliot Keck.

  • Done well, devolution could leave our terrible politicians with nowhere to hide

    December 6, 2022

    If fiscal decisions are made locally, taxpayers may find it easier to scrutinise, with local politicians finding fewer places to hide.

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