{"podcast":{"title":"a nation of taxpayers","slug":"a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204","podcast_index_feed_id":7054204,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/550832/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/550832","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/3/2/9/132907728aeacb5727a2322813b393ee/A_Nation_of_Taxpayers_Drafts.png","author":"Duncan Barkes","episode_count":85,"summary":"A podcast from the Taxpayers' Alliance. Talking politics and highlighting waste in all forms of government and the public sector. Presented by Duncan Barkes with guests from the Taxpayers' Alliance and from across the world of politics. On X, follow the TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa More links and info here: https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T20:19:01.372063+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204"},"episode":{"title":"Exposing Britain's Greediest Councils","slug":"exposing-britain-s-greediest-councils","published_at":"2026-04-16T08:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204/exposing-britain-s-greediest-councils","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204","url":"https://9864e3c1-9946-4d80-ad28-f460414cc97b.libsyn.com/exposing-britains-greediest-councils","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/9864e3c1-9946-4d80-ad28-f460414cc97b/Season_2_-_Episode_13_-_Town_Hall_Rich_List_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=4754152","summary":"Podcast host Duncan Barkes is joined by the TPA's Callum McGoldrick and Shimeon Lee to go through this year's Town Hall Rich List. This infamous annual piece of research by the TPA reveals how much money council staff receive and the figures are eye-watering with a record 4,733 council bosses receiving more than £100k a year and 320 earning more than the Prime Minister. Warning: this episode may well increase your blood pressure as you hear about the vast sums that council bosses are coining in including those who ran councils that went bankrupt. Find figures for your local council here .","meta_description":"Podcast host Duncan Barkes is joined by the TPA's Callum McGoldrick and Shimeon Lee to go through this year's Town Hall Rich List. This infamous annual pi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1823,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204/episodes/exposing-britain-s-greediest-councils/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-nation-of-taxpayers-7054204/exposing-britain-s-greediest-councils.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}