Anne Strickland

Researcher @the_tpa | Views my own

[Anne Strickland @strickia]

Our @the_tpa Town Hall Rich List 2026 - the 20th edition of this research - reveals a record 4,733 council employees received over £100,000 last year, including 320 who were paid more than the Prime Minister.
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[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

"Prevent has now drifted dramatically from its counter-terrorism purpose"

@strickia analyses in detail the problems with Prevent in her piece in @CapX

https://t.co/rFX4vfKjFi

[James Wright @JPBWFarm]

Natural England wants to remove 90% of Dartmoor’s ponies.

Our Exmoor ponies are next. These animals have been here for thousands of years.

A government quango, destroying the countryside and its heritage.

[CapX @CapX]

75% of Counter Terrorism Policing investigations with MI5 relate to Islamist terrorism – yet Islamist cases account for just one in ten Prevent referrals

✍️@strickia

https://t.co/NJe658BSSG

[Reem Ibrahim @ReemAmirIbrahim]

Not “free”, taxpayer funded. Thanks to this Government, young people who can’t afford to have children are paying for other people’s kids.

[Cut My Tax @CutMyTaxUK]

We don't often agree with @DanNeidle but he is right that the number of taxes in Britain, which has doubled since 1993, needs to be radically cut back.

"Every tax is a cost even when it raises nothing. Each one means another set of rules, another HM Revenue & Customs IT system, another adviser, another form, another thing a business must check before it invests or hires," says Neidle.

Of course it's important to get rid of the most economically damaging small taxes. Here is our initial list of small taxes that should be scrapped (with 24-25 revenue details):

Inheritance tax £8.2bn
Stamp Duty on property £13.9bn
Stamp duty on shares £4.3bn
Aggregates Levy £0.4bn
Landfill Tax £0.5bn
Plastic Packaging Tax £0.3bn
Air Passenger Duty £4.1bn
Capital Gains Tax £13.7bn
Energy Profits Levy £2.9bn
Climate Change Levy £1.8bn
Bank Levy £1.3bn
Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge £1bn
Digital Services Tax £0.8bn
Economic Crime Levy £0.1bn
Residential Property Developer Tax £0.1bn
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings £0.1bn
Soft drinks industry levy £0.3bn
Extended Producer Responsibility Levy £2bn (25-26)

Total static revenue reduction as a result of removal of these 18 taxes is £55.7bn. After dynamic effects are taken into account the revenue reduction would only be about £20bn after a couple of years.

[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

"93% of non-ideological Prevent referrals don't get adopted into channel"

Take a watch of the latest episode of A Nation of Taxpayers, where @strickia discusses how Prevent has become less transparent and whether it is value for money.

[Anne Strickland @strickia]

https://t.co/5BWQrRKFYn

[Anne Strickland @strickia]

Prevent processed 8,778 referrals last year, a record high.

Over half had no extremist ideology. 93% of those never reached Channel.

Now, national security FOI exemptions are being used to hide what is largely a welfare programme.

My latest in @CapX 👇

[Joseph Dinnage @jcdinnage]

Michelle Obama is right: young people need to toughen up and accept they might not enjoy their first job.

It's not up to employers to cater to our every need.

Now we're seeing what happens when you base employment legislation on the demands of teenagers and unions

Me in @CapX

[Benjamin Elks @Elksy91]

As @the_tpa analysis has shown, a holiday tax would be an absolute disaster for tourism, hospitality businesses, and young people alike. A far cry from the easy money-maker that ministers and mayors think it is.

Check out my latest article for @ConHome 👇

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Jesus Christ. Massive tax rises and it doesn’t even make a dent, because spending just goes brrrr https://t.co/rraviQMojF

[Alexander Baker @TraytonBaker]

My write-up of Reform’s thinking on defence as outlined at The Spectator summit earlier this week.

[Benjamin Elks @Elksy91]

The black market now accounts for 80% of tobacco consumed in Australia compared to 12% in 2017.

Tobacco receipts are now at a 14 year low.

Ban, tax & regulate all you like, people don't suddenly stop smoking, they just stop buying legal cigarettes.

https://t.co/6YYgYsEdET

[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

"The real reason nobody makes voluntary donations to the treasury is because they do not have confidence that their money will be spent wisely"

Policy analyst Shimeon Lee takes aim at recent Patriotic Millionaires polling in @TheCriticMag

https://t.co/syhGLpUT5j

[Matthew Bowles @Matthew__Bowles]

Housing shouldn't require a modern PFI. Britain has the developers and demand to build.

The problem is a planning system weighed down by delays, obligations and regulation. Rather than tackle those barriers, Labour seems set to take the path of least resistance.

Me in @CapX👇

[Andy @PositivFuturist]

Pretty incredible for this to hitting BBC news tbh.

An outright admission that our government is only interested in creating maximum state dependence.

[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

When the TPA investigated Prevent in 2009, we uncovered £12 million of funding handed to community groups, including £850,000 to Muslim Council of Britain affiliates. Today, many of those same questions are blocked by FOI exemptions.

@strickia asks: what is Prevent hiding?

[William Yarwood @yarwoodwilliam]

"Who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others?" sums up modern British politics more than any statement I've ever seen.

[Rory McGregor 🇬🇧🇯🇲 @McgregorRory]

Islamist radicals account for 75% of the MI5 watchlist but only 1 in 10 of referrals from Prevent ...something is broken here ....

[Samiksha's State of the Debate @samikshassotd]

The Prevent programme needs urgent restructuring and looking into. It's failing to do its job, costs too much and provides virtually no net benefit to the taxpayers.

Like most government-funded anything.