Britannia Radio

Yet more evidence in new TaxPayers' Alliance research out today that some government departments could do a lot more to get good value for your money. If they can make these easy savings, then that will help make room for the fairer, simpler and lower taxes that Britain needs and Parliament has been debating this week. - Matthew Sinclair, Chief Executive Some departments paying way over the odds There are huge differences in the amounts that government departments are paying for the basics. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills paid the most for both paper and energy. More calls for tax reform In Parliament, Dominic Raab MP asked about the 2020 Tax Commission finding that "UK tax administration costs were double those of Norway, triple those of Estonia, and almost five times higher than in Switzerland". Meanwhile, Steve Baker MP urged the Government to pursue "radical tax simplification". More pressure for lower fuel prices Angus MacNeil MP, from the Scottish National Party, called Fuel Duty a "poll tax on jobs and on economic activity" and cited figures from our fuel tax stands about the amount people pay. Write to your MP at FreezeFuelTax.com and urge them to at least freeze the rate. Senior politicians call for CGT to be cut or abolished Liam Fox MP and Lord Flight have urged the Government to take an axe to Capital Gains Tax. The 2020 Tax Commission argued the tax should be scrapped and a new, fairer single tax on capital income introduced. Rory Meakin wrote about the new support for cutting it.