Taxpayer Talk

Taxpayer Talk: John O'Connell on Rates Caps, Death Tax and the MPs' Expenses Scandal

• New Zealand Taxpayers' Union Inc.

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This week on Taxpayer Talk, James sits down with John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the UK TaxPayers' Alliance. John and James dig into some big issues, to see what New Zealand can learn from the UK's (many) mistakes.

Rates caps, death tax, and John's role in exposing the infamous MPs' expenses scandal, which forced every British MP to open their expense reports to public scrutiny. Six MPs were jailed, and hundreds more were caught out.

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