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"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."— Margaret Thatcher
The Great British Think Tank exposes how Westminster squanders billions of your earnings through failed policy, ballooning bureaucracy, and ideological redistribution. We bring the data. You decide.
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."— Margaret Thatcher
Annual figures, £ billions — Source: OBR, ONS, HM Treasury
£1,189bn total managed expenditure 2025-26 — OBR
£ trillions — Source: ONS Public Sector Finances
The tax burden is 37.1% of GDP — highest since 1948. Frozen thresholds alone will extract £56 billion by 2031. We want less of your money taken. Full stop.
554,000 civil servants — highest in 20 years. Nine consecutive annual rises. The state is growing, outcomes are not. Cut the bureaucracy, keep the services.
Every dataset. Every FOI. Every spending line. If the government won't publish it clearly, we will. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
We don't do feelings. We do data. We will cite independent analysis as well as the state's own ONS, OBR, HMRC, DWP. If a policy fails, the numbers show it. If it works, we'll say so. Zero comforting lies.
Trade, competition, and enterprise built Britain. Regulation is strangling growth. The Employment Rights Bill, net zero mandates, IR35 — all drag on the economy.
£42,300 of debt per person. National debt at 98.3% of GDP. Your generation will pay this bill. We're building the case for fiscal responsibility before it's too late.
"We are not affiliated with any political party. We are affiliated with the truth — and the taxpayer."— The Great British Think Tank
GBTT is an independent, data-driven think tank and media platform. We are editorially independent and not affiliated with any political party. All figures on this site are sourced from official public bodies: ONS, OBR, HMRC, DWP, DfT, DLUHC, and others. Our mission is to arm young Britons with the facts about how their money is spent — and misspent — by the state. Informed citizens make better voters. Good data is the best antidote to bad policy.