John O'Connell joined the TaxPayers’ Alliance as an intern in 2009. Since then, he has worked at every level of the organisation which made him uniquely qualified to become Chief Executive beginning August 2016.
As a researcher, and later Research Director, he wrote major reports for the TPA on quangos, government capital procurement, regional business policy and local government pensions. He co-authored the influential paper How to Save £50 Billion: Reducing Spending for Sustainable Public Finances, released in conjunction with the Institute of Directors.
John oversaw the work of the 2020 Tax Commission. He also wrote and edited several sections of its final report, The Single Income Tax, which won the Templeton Freedom Award from the Atlas Network.
John frequently represents the TPA on television and radio, including prominent appearances on flagship broadcast programmes and documentaries.
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