Left-wing think tanks taxpayers should have NEVER been charged for

They say they're "independent" but sound pretty left-wing to me...

In today’s article I will show you left-wing think tanks (registered as charities) that taxpayers should have never been charged for IMO.

These organisations say they are “independent” - but they are like paying for an extra wing of the Labour government. See what you think…

The New Economics Foundation - £564,360 (2019-23)

• CEO recently called for reparations

• Supports a pay rise for public sector workers

• Thinks mayors and local councils need £32bn a year and the past government was basically stingy

• Fundraised £20k so that it could campaign for a Frequent Flyer Levy (despite having plenty of funders, in addition to taxpayers’ money)

• Wants a “Green New Deal” (an idea originally pushed by the most left-wing Democrats - eg AOC - in the US)

The Institute for Public Policy Research - £388,000 (2019-23)

• Supports reparations

• Believes “in the next seven years, the U.K. must install triple the amount of offshore wind compared to the past 14 years”.

• Calls for a “reimagined approach to asylum housing” to “improve standards”, with “services like English lessons, skills training, and community engagement”

• Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, contributed to its Commission on Health and Prosperity

• Staff members use ideologically-loaded terms such as “austerity” and “hostile environment” on their profiles

British Future - £498,730 (2019-23)

• Director is the ghastly Sunder Katwala

• Tries to “help shift public attitudes” to help Britain become “inclusive and fair to all” re accept immigration and asylum

• Publishes reports such as “The power of football to connect diverse communities”

• Funders include:

  • Labour Together

  • The Barrow Cadbury Trust, which gives loads of money to open border causes (and receives taxpayer funding!)

  • Universities UK (which has received over £17 million in taxpayer money since 2019).

The Institute for Fiscal Studies - £10.15 million (2018-22)

• Blames “austerity-induced youth club closures” for teens committing crimes

• Director Paul Johnson pushes the “austerity myth” (pretends the UK had it when the Government was spending money on crazy things) and hosted “The Austerity Audit” on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.

• Has a “PhD Enrichment Student” as a member of staff

• Hosted Dan Neidle as an expert on its podcast, who is described as “a tax lawyer and founder of Tax Policy Associates” but happens to be a senior Labour activist.

I’m sure there’ll be more to come…

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