Duncan Simpson
@simpsonduncanj
Duncan Simpson is the research director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, a campaign group which supports lower taxes, more government transparency and an end to wasteful government spending. Duncan has written on many areas of public policy, including local government spending, rail renationalisation, US fiscal policy and the National Union of Students.
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Yvonne Lake
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Olivia Utley
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Heidi Kingstone
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Michael Taube
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Tycho Johnson
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David Herman
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Denis MacShane
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Alexander Woolfson
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Laszlo Solymar
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Daniel Johnson
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Benedict Spence
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Raymond Keene
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Owen Polley
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Malcolm Forbes
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Holly Lawford-Smith
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