10 h. ago Illegal migrants facing deportation 'are given art classes and IT lessons... at a cost to the taxpayer'

Prisoners and those having their immigration status decided at Brook House and Tinsley House, near Gatwick Airport, will apparently have access to a range of luxuries including 'welfare buddies'.

Economics

36 h. ago Digital ID risks becoming another 'costly white elephant', Liberal Democrats warn as figures show existing Government IT projects will cost taxpayers £31 billion

Analysis has found that most major Government IT schemes are already delayed or over budget , prompting warnings that the new plan for mandatory digital ID will suffer the same fate.

Economics

6 d. ago Private schools say rolls down more than 1,000 since VAT imposed on fees

Body that represents institutions says ‘vindictive and flawed’ policy will ultimately cost taxpayers money

Politics

6 d. ago Richard Desmond goes for lotto jackpot as he claims he is owed £1.3BILLION after failing to win chance to run The National Lottery

Billionaire Richard Desmond is embarking on a court battle to demand £1.3billion after failing to win the competition to run The National Lottery. It could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.

Economics

1 week ago American flags for Trump’s UK state visit ‘had to be replaced because they were the wrong shade of red’

The flag supplier said 66 hand-sewn Stars and Stripes flags were replaced, estimated to have cost taxpayers more than £50,000

Politics

1 week ago American flags had to be replaced for Donald Trump's state visit 'because they were the wrong shade of red'... and overhaul 'cost taxpayers £50,000'

Officials were supposedly forced to replace 66 hand-sewn Stars and Stripes flags last month, at a cost of £800 each, ahead of the President's three-day visit in September.

Economics

1 week ago Trump says Oregon governor ‘living in a Dream World’ after sending in National Guard amid claims of Antifa attacks on feds

The guardsmen will cost taxpayers an estimated $3.8 million

Politics

2 w. ago Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's staggering in legal aid cost to taxpayers

Constance Marten, the jailed aristocrat, has been granted legal aid for her trial and family court battle for her older children - despite having a £2.4million trust fund

Economics

2 w. ago Labour claims independence would cost each Welsh taxpayer £11,000 a year

Welsh Labour has made the bold claim that independence would cost the average Welsh taxpayer more than £11,000 a year in a statement attacking Plaid Cymru

Economics

3 w. ago UK taxpayers lose out after Rishi Sunak plan leaves £400m black hole

The Future Fund was designed to help small businesses survive the pandemic

Economics

3 w. ago Two new nuclear power stations for UK delayed by FIVE years because of spurious legal challenges

Lawyers have delayed the Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C power stations by 1,754 days so far and the holdups could cost taxpayers billions of pounds, according to a new report.

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