Rebecca Lowe: As Brexit looms in less than a year, here’s how to approach devolving power

To me, it is clear that the UK could benefit from greater decentralisation. But, to repeat, that does not mean that new arrangements must be introduced now.

42 per cent and no majority 7) Leaving the EU offers an opportunity to reduce energy bills

Rather than price caps and nationalisations, there is a chance to help consumers with tax cuts and regulatory reform.

Trump just made life much harder for British sceptics of costly green policies

Those making the economic case already faced an uphill struggle – now their argument is “contaminated by association”.

Matthew Elliott: Think-tanks, campaign groups and the coming general election

Former ConservativeHome co-editor Jonathan Isaby is taking over as the Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance

Matthew Sinclair: Why IDS is right to make welfare claimaints work for the dole

The results could be remarkable: savings for taxpayers; opportunities for the unemployed; and a benefits system that people can trust again.

Matthew Sinclair: How to avoid the dangers of Root Canal Conservatism

Matthew Sinclair is Director of The TaxPayers' Alliance. Follow Matthew on Twitter. When I was reading Stephan Shakespeare’s fascinating recent article… Read more »

Matt Sinclair: Tax reform without tax cuts is a political disaster; tax cuts without reform a missed opportunity

Matthew Sinclair is Director of The TaxPayers' Alliance. Follow Matthew on Twitter. This is the third of three blogs on today's… Read more »

Matt Sinclair: A Family Transferable Allowance would cut the couples penalty and let families keep their own money

Matthew Sinclair is Director of The TaxPayers' Alliance. This is the second in a series of articles based on the TPA's 2020… Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: Dismal Durban

By Matthew Sinclair Over the weekend, the major UNFCCC COP17 in Durban concluded.  Climate economist Richard Tol has set out… Read more »

Re: The Government is stealing the property of ex-public sector workers

Andrew Lilico argues that the decision to uprate pensions in line with CPI instead of RPI constitutes seizing the property… Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: We can’t judge Israel on standards few Western countries would match

By Matthew Sinclair I worry that Mohammed Amin has fallen into a common trap with his article about how Israel treats… Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: George Osborne can’t let energy intensive industry down at the Autumn Statement

Earlier this week, over five hundred workers at the Lynemouth aluminium smelter found out that they were losing their jobs…. Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: Taxes on motorists are squeezing the towns, suburbs and rural Britain

Politicians have often called Fuel Duty a green tax when they are trying to sell hikes but, when pressed, the… Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: DIY Tax Transparency

By Matthew Sinclair of The TaxPayers' Alliance. The process of really opening up the public sector started under Labour with… Read more »

Matthew Sinclair: If NHS standards were the same as our European peers’, nearly 12,000 fewer people would die each year

By Matthew Sinclair Jill Kirby makes a powerful point this morning when she says that as "today's report from the… Read more »