35 h. ago Home Office mandarin admits it has 'inadequate focus' on saving public money in wake of damning report on asylum costs

The department's permanent secretary Dame Antonia Romeo also confirmed she had identified areas of 'siloed working' since she took over in April.

Economics

7 d. ago Mediocre movies, millions in taxpayer cash: how scores of films from low

Creative industries are ‘crucial to the economy’ but film-making and tax have long had an uneasy relationship in BritainOnly the most geeky of movie buffs will have heard of him but Alan Latham is one of the UK’s most prolific film producers.Credited on 81 releases dating back to 1996, according to the online film bible IMDb.com, Latham has been behind a string of barely known films fronted by much better known actors. Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago WASPI update over public 'anger' at DWP compensation decision

The Ombudsman previously recommended payouts up to £3,000 for the WASPI women

Politics

7 d. ago UK will not invest in Brazilian tropical forest fund at Cop30

Britain will not commit public money as Rachel Reeves grapples with balancing the books ahead of the Budget.

Economics

8 d. ago Readers’ letters: Bill for new prison passes sentence on SNP waste

A reader says the rocketing bill for a new jail to replace Barlinnie is a shocking example of the SNP’s misuse of public money

Events

2 w. ago Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation

Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boat was given £500 of public money as he was deported back to Ethiopia.Hadush Kebatu was flown back to his home country on Tuesday night with the discretionary payment after raising the possibility of challenging his removal shortly before he was due to be placed on a plane. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Asylum hotel crisis: Key findings from damning report as epic failings unearthed

A scathing report by MPs found a failure of leadership while the Tories were in power saw private firms make huge profits housing asylum seekers in hotels as the backlog ballooned

Events

2 w. ago Labour's new deputy leader Lucy Powell among five 'landlord MPs' who made more than £30,000 in public money last year renting flats to colleagues... despite promise of a crackdown a decade ago

Figures obtained by the Daily Mail reveal that five landlord MPs received more than £30,000 in public money last year for letting properties to their colleagues in the House of Commons

Economics

2 w. ago Billions 'wasted' on hotels for migrants: Bombshell report reveals 'incompetent' Home Office staff let private firms make 'excessive profits' from small boat crisis

The Home Office has 'squandered' billions of pounds on asylum hotels, a report has found. MPs blasted the department's 'incompetence' over its handling of a 'chaotic and expensive' system.

Economics

2 w. ago Damning asylum hotel report finds Tory failures cost taxpayer billions of pounds

A long-awaited report by MPs found 'chaotic' Home Office policies under the Tories cost taxpayers billions and meant private firms raked in massive profits

Economics

3 w. ago Governments have an obligation not to support genocide, Archibald says

Caoimhe Archibald said public money should not go towards providing financial assistance to any companies arming Israel.

Politics