The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) today criticised the Government for using taxpayers' money as an easy way out, and urged them to explore other solutions that would limit the amount of our money at risk. With taxpayers' money on the line,...

On the doorsteps, and sometimes on this site, I get asked what would the Conservatives do about the economic problems? David Cameron yesterday said ” We will never forget there is no such thing as government money. It is taxpayers’ money – your money”.

The government is promising £29,900,000,000 more taxpayers money for two banks. It’s throwing printed money after borrowed. It’s bad for taxpayers, and not good for the banks either. It’s time to sort the banks out, not to prop them up with taxpayer cash.

There is no government money. There is taxpayers' money and there is borrowed money. Obnoxious wastrels such as Charlie Gilmour can riot but tax receipts of £548bn and public expenditures of £697bn means his misplaced sense of entitlement is unaffordable.There is no fairy gold. The money belongs to the people.

The public is right to feel aggrieved that Zanu Labour is covertly using taxpayers' cash to sponsor programmes billed as documentaries rather than propaganda. The Telegraph reports this morning that Labour has put 800k of our money into a show called Beat: Life on the street that purports to be a documentary, and that it gets editorial control over the message. Co-operation with programme makers i...

That would be Jerry Reed's "You make it, They take it" Income tax man’s a-knockin’ at my door And yellin’ money, money (money-money-money) Income tax man’s a-yellin’ for some more Money, money (money-money-money) [Chorus] ‘Cause when you make it they take it (money-money-money) You make it they take it (money-money-money) You make it they ta-a-a-ke it, they...

The seventy-two seventy responses to the question "What would you like the government to do ..." so far are as follows: Outright winner: None of the above - 89% Also rans: Use taxpayers' money to build 'affordable housing' - 7%* All of the above - 3% Use savers' money to subsidise borrowers - 1% Use taxpayers' money to prop up house prices - 0% Which pleasantly surprises m...

To coincide with the signing of the £787bn US stimulus plan, the White House has launched recovery.gov where Americans can see exactly how and where that money is being spent. As more and more detail is released, US citizens will be able to "follow the money" and discover how it benefits them. The site promises to tell users which states are getting money, which congressional districts and ev...

People will have new powers to petition their local councils on how taxpayers' money is spent under Government plans.

George Osborne claimed £40 for DVDs of two of his own speeches on 'value for money' for taxpayers. Which is quite lovely.