Britain Needs Us — Press Kit

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — MARCH 2026

Britain's First Personal Tax Analysis Platform Launches — Showing Households the 57% They Never Knew They Paid

britainneedsus.co.uk reveals every hidden tax, audits government performance quarterly, and sends a formal open letter to the Prime Minister at 10,000 subscribers.

Britain Needs Us, a new independent, non-partisan platform, has launched the UK's first comprehensive personal tax calculator — showing citizens not just their income tax, but all 27 stealth taxes hidden in everyday spending.

The platform calculates that the average British household pays £3,319 per month in total taxation — equivalent to a 57% real tax rate across 28.6 million households. This figure, derived from HM Treasury, ONS, OBR, and HMRC published data, is significantly higher than the income tax rate shown on payslips.

Key features:

• Personal tax calculator covering 27+ taxes including fiscal drag, employer NI, insurance premium tax, and fuel duty
• Government performance scorecard — every department, budget vs actual, promise vs delivery
• Formal open letter to government — sent at 10,000 subscribers to the PM, every party leader, and the Petitions Committee
• Minister accountability scorecards — individual cabinet ministers named and scored
• Life event tax calculations — property CGT, pension drawdown, business sale BADR
• Estate planning — IHT exposure, pension pot planning, 7 legal reduction strategies

Founder Matt Andrews said: "I sat down one evening and tried to work out what my household actually pays in tax. Not the income tax rate — the real number. I couldn't find a single place in Britain that showed me. So I built it."

Britain Needs Us is not a political party and has no political affiliation. It is funded entirely by subscriber contributions starting at £1.99/month.