
a nation of taxpayers
Hosted by Duncan Barkes · Duncan Barkes
4.7from 23 ratings
- 103
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About a nation of taxpayers
A podcast from the Taxpayers' Alliance. Talking politics and highlighting waste in all forms of government and the public sector. Presented by Duncan Barkes with guests from the Taxpayers' Alliance and from across the world of politics. On X, follow the TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa More links and info here: https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/
- Publisher
- Duncan Barkes
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
17 of 103 episodes have a transcript.

15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
UK's latest Budgetary Black Hole: What Now?

1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
UK's Fiscal Problem: Worse Than the 1970s...

24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Benefits Britain Is Out of Control
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UK's latest Budgetary Black Hole: What Now?
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So the money that they're going to raise from this mansion tax that they didn't implement it is essentially just going to be funneled into the bureaucracy costs of actually making sure people are valuing their properties correctly. But they're the two things they've got at the moment, and that's all they have. And the key problem is the mansion tax is only going to raise a few hundred million. The capital gains tax may raise a few billion to begin with, but of course will have a negative effect in the long run. So this black hole that they have is not going to be fixed by all these tax rights. […]
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