Globalisation:Taxpayers' Alliance
Ross McLauchlan Catherine MacDonald Angela Devine Katie Blair
Introduction
- Globalisation:Taxpayers' Alliance: History and Ideology
- Globalisation:Taxpayers' Alliance: Funding
- Globalisation:Taxpayers' Alliance: People
Campaign and Issues
Research
The TPA carries out research into public spending, taxation and broader economic policy. The alliance claims to be a primary source which is used by ordinary people as well as media workers and academics.[1] For example, the TPA may research issues such as MP's Expenses abuses and the cost of wastefullness of the E.U. It claims to be an non-partisan in it's campaigns and research. History
However, it has been claimed that the BBC's Helen Boaden has stated that she does not think the TPA are non-partisan. Furthermore she said she would discuss ways in which to avoid reporting the alliance as a non-partisan organisation in the future. This was in reply to a letter written by John Prescott who complained that the BBC had been reporting the TPA as impartial. It is suggested by many that the TPA are a Conservative front and therefore a change in the way they are reported by the BBC could be seen as necesary.[2]
