TPA Talks - The TaxPayers' Alliance Podcast

TaxPayers' Alliance
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TPA Talks - The TaxPayers' Alliance Podcast

The TaxPayers' Alliance, Britain's leading independent grassroots campaign for lower taxes and better public services, discuss the issues that matter to taxpayers with a host of interesting guests in this exciting new podcast series.

  1. 03/11/2023

    Simon Clark - TPA Talks Episode 19

    Simon Clark, director of smokers' rights group Forest, joins us for this episode of TPA Talks. Reflecting on the upcoming smoking ban after decades of creeping regulation, Simon explains how the war on smokers and the rise of the nanny state have worrying implications for us all - smokers or not.

    43 min

  2. 28/07/2023

    Emma McClarkin - TPA Talks Episode 18

    Emma McClarkin, Chief Executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, joins us for this episode of TPA Talks. Ahead of the changes to alcohol duty in August 2023, we discuss the challenges faced by British pubs and breweries in a post-pandemic world. Emma sets her sights on beer duty, business rates, regulation, and the role of pubs in revitalising high streets and city centres. Sign the BBPA's Long Live The Local petition here: https://www.longlivethelocal.pub

    21 min

  3. 27/06/2023 · BONUS

    Nanny State Britain - TPA Talks Special Episode with Christopher Snowdon

    In this special episode of TPA Talks, Christopher Snowden, Head of Lifestyle Economics for the IEA, discusses the Nanny State Index, which ranks European countries based on excessive regulation of food, drinks, vaping, tobacco, and alcohol. Discover why the UK has climbed to the unenviable position of being the second-worst country for food and soft drink regulation, the role of e-cigarettes in harm reduction, tobacco taxes, and more. Visit nannystateindex.org to see the full league table and learn more!

    20 min

  4. 06/04/2023

    Shaun Bailey AM - TPA Talks Episode 17

    London Assembly member and former mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey AM joins us for this episode of TPA Talks. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss Shaun's political roots, the recent Budget, reforming the Metropolitan Police, the ULEZ expansion, Sadiq Khan's legacy, his future plans, and more!

    31 min

  5. 24/02/2023 · BONUS

    Woke Whitewall - TPA Talks Special Episode with Emma Webb and Kevin O'Sullivan

    In this special episode of TPA Talks, we speak to Emma Webb, UK director of the Common Sense Society, and Kevin O'Sullivan, hard-hitting TalkTV presenter, about the rise of "woke" waste in the public sector. We cover everything from arts funding to six-figure salaried diversity managers, and explain how these right-on practices are costing taxpayers a fortune. If you want to see diversity, equality and inclusion roles in the public sector scrapped, sign the petition! 👇  https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/ditch_the_diversity_demagogues

    35 min

  6. 16/12/2022

    Theodore Dalrymple - TPA Talks Episode 16

    We spoke to Theodore Dalrymple - author, cultural critic, and former prison physician and psychiatrist - in this latest instalment of TPA Talks. Drawing on his colourful career that took him across the globe and to the depths of British society, Dalrymple offers his thoughts on state bureaucracy, taxpayer-funded cultural projects, architecture, the state of university education, the NHS, the BBC and more.

    25 min

  7. 12/10/2022

    Alex Phillips - TPA Talks Episode 15

    In this episode of TPA Talks, we speak to Alex Phillips; journalist, broadcaster and former member of the European parliament. Alex offers her thoughts on everything from her journey into politics, the exorbitance of the European parliament, whether Brexit has delivered the results she had hoped for, the future of broadcast media and the whether the TV licence is still fit for purpose.

    26 min

  8. 09/08/2022

    Madsen Pirie - TPA Talks Episode 14

    President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute, Madsen Pirie, joins us for this episode of TPA Talks. From think-tank pioneer to children's author, Madsen's remarkable career takes centre stage for this conversation; in which we discuss the formation of the ASI, his influence on the Thatcher era, the similarities between the 1970s and the 2020s, and how free marketeers can tell better stories in an age of interventionism.

    22 min
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The TaxPayers' Alliance, Britain's leading independent grassroots campaign for lower taxes and better public services, discuss the issues that matter to taxpayers with a host of interesting guests in this exciting new podcast series.

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