London 13 January 2026 - Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) has announced plans to ramp up its team as it enters the next phase of growth, with new funding efforts underway and an expanded programme of campaigning and parliamentary engagement. As part of this expansion, TAP is currently seeking passionate volunteers  to support its work tackling poverty, inequality and unfair public policy. These roles offer an opportunity to contribute directly to campaigns that influence Parl

A practical programme to reduce poverty, reform taxation, and restore fairness London, 5 January 2026 - Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) has today set out its Ten Tasks for 2026  — a focused programme of action building on the progress made last year to tackle poverty, reform the tax system, and ensure public money works for the many, not the few. After a year of growing political traction, stronger alliances, and increased public engagement, TAP is moving decisively from anal

London, 1 December 2025 -  Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) is delighted to announce that Stewart Lansley , one of the UK’s leading voices on inequality, wealth, and poverty, has joined TAP’s Advisory Board. Stewart Lansley is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol , and has written extensively for both academic journals and national newspapers on the social and economic impacts of inequality. He is the author of several influential books, in

London, Wednesday 26 November 2025 - Following today’s Budget announcement by the Chancellor, Taxpayers Against Poverty is expressing its deep disappointment at the measurers unveiled, calling it a “missed opportunity.” TAP CEO, Tom Burgess said: “This is a budget that once again papers over the cracks of a tax system that is outdated, unfair and incapable of addressing the scale of inequality we face in the UK. “This was a sticking plaster budget, with a variety of tax chan

London, 20 November 2025 - Ahead of next week’s budget, a cross-party group of 40 MPs have written an open letter to the Chancellor calling on her to consider introducing wealth taxes.  The  letter  has been organised by campaign groups, Taxpayers Against Poverty and Green New Deal Rising. Its signatories include 21 Labour backbenchers, 4 Greens, SNP, Independents, Lib Dem and SDLP MPs.     In the letter, which is published today, the MPs are urging the Chancellor to make th

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/reeves-should-put-wealth-tax-on-the-budget-table Guardian headline: Reeves should put wealth tax on the budget table Tom Burgess of Taxpayers Against Poverty says the public and a significant number of Labour MPs are in favour of such a tax Mon 17 Nov 2025 18.24 CET   It now seems likely that Rachel Reeves will avoid the ignominy of becoming the first chancellor in more than half a century to raise the basic rate of income tax

London 17 November 2025 - The number of MPs who have signed Richard Burgon MP’s Early Day Motion  (EDM) calling for a fair wealth tax has now reached 51. Many more have said they support this proposal but felt unable to be open, due to party sensitivities. Working in close partnership with Richard Burgon MP, Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) has been leading the charge through its “Tax Wealth, Not Poverty”  campaign, engaging MPs across Parliament with a simple message: the wea

Media contact: Taxpayers Against Poverty📧  taxpayersagainstpoverty@gmail.com 🌐  www.taxpayersagainstpoverty.org.uk London 10 November 2025 - As rumours swirl about the contents of the upcoming UK Budget, due to be announced on 26 November , Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP)  warns that early speculation points to half-hearted measures  — precisely the kind of sticking-plaster politics  Britain can no longer afford. Despite a new government promising change, the expected tweak

Reeves' pre-Budget speech fails to rule out tax rises - BBC News Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises as autumn budget looms | Economic policy | The Guardian by Tom Burgess, CEO, Taxpayers Against Poverty 6 November 2025 The Chancellor’s televised speech at Downing Street this week, in which she refused to rule out tax rises, shows the government is desperate to frame the news agenda and prepare voters and the markets for what’s coming in the budget later this month. R

By Sylvie Rouhani Deputy Editor, Taxpayers Against Poverty - October 2025   With the cost of living crisis, the cuts on Winter Fuel Allowance, poor housing, and ever increasing energy prices, millions of individuals are in fuel poverty in the UK. Most people can not afford to keep warm and are living in fear of repercussions, while energy companies’ CEO enjoy high bonuses and financial success.   The definition of “fuel poverty” and how it is measured. Fuel Poverty is when a

TAP to publish The Nicolson Report: The Poverty Scandal London, 17 October 2025 – Poverty isn’t just a moral and social crisis – it’s an economic one. Yet the real cost goes far deeper than lost productivity or public spending. It ruins lives, crushes opportunity, and erodes hope. Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) today announced the forthcoming publication of The Nicolson Report: The Poverty Scandal   – an urgent new analysis linking the growth of extreme wealth to rising pov

By Tom Burgess, CEO Taxpayers Against Poverty, 7 October 2025 Britain is one of the richest nations on earth, yet millions of people live...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 30 September 2025  – Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour Conference, Taxpayers Against...

London, 29 Sept 2025 Campaign group Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) is calling for reform of the UK’s outdated and unfair tax system,...

London, 16 September 2025  – Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) will intensify its push for reform of the tax system in the run up to the...

London, 8 September 2025 — Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) today announced the next phase of its campaign to modernise the UK tax system...

London, UK — 5 September 2025 Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) has today unveiled a bold new vision for Britain—one rooted in fairness,...

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By Tom Burgess, CEO Taxpayers Against Poverty and author of   From Here to Prosperity (this article was originally published in 2018 in...