57 h. ago NHS newborn test to stop kids being left disabled is ‘no brainer’, expert proves

Lancet study proves that NHS refusing to screen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of the newborn heel prick test is costing lives - and taxpayers’ money

Politics

4 d. ago Councils told to 'hang their heads in shame' for spending more than £100,000 of taxpayers' money to take down St George's and Union flags

An FOI request revealed that the cash-strapped councils across the UK spent thousands on paying contractors to take down the flags, which had been put up by many locals last year.

Economics

4 d. ago How Audit Scotland revealed SNP's scandalous misuse of taxpayers' money

The average daily cost of a hospital bed is about £620, compared to just £145 for one in a nursing home, yet legions of people well enough to leave remain stuck on wards

Economics

7 d. ago HMRC deadline this month as millions of taxpayers risk instant £100 fine

Most people have tax deducted automatically from their wages - but those who work for themselves, or have earned extra untaxed income, need to pay tax through self-assessment

Economics

7 d. ago MPs are 'wasting taxpayers' money' by using AI to 'ask endless questions in Parliament'

MPs have been accused of wasting taxpayers' money by using AI bots for parliamentary questions, after key Whitehall departments had to answer almost twice as many written ones

Economics

8 d. ago Elon Musk is moving back into politics. Can’t he take up a new hobby instead? Arwa Mahdawi

It didn’t go very well for him last time, but the tech billionaire seems to have abandoned his plans for a third party and has renewed his bromance with the president “You know, I’ve generally found that when I get involved in politics, it ends up badly,” Elon Musk mused on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast in November.Oh, we know, Elon, we most definitely know. The world is still reeling from the tech billionaire’s little experiment in politicking last year. Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) slashed federal jobs, dismantled foreign aid programmes and left a trail of chaos in its wake. It’s not clear whether any taxpayer money was saved, but experts are warning a lot of lives will be lost. By one calculation, there could be about 14 million excess deaths across the globe by 2030 if the US fails to restore aid funding. Thanks, Elon! Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Millions of taxpayers urged not to miss key deadline this month or face hefty fine

HMRC figures show 5.65 million people still need to file a Self Assessment tax return before January 31.

Economics

2 w. ago Outrage as taxpayers fund 'sex chatbot' in Kenya as part of £41m aid programme

The sex chatbot was funded using taxpayers money in a multi million pound aid scheme to "invest in radical technology solutions" in the developing world

Economics

2 w. ago 'Village of the Jammed' faces 'fresh hell' of 12 more months of roadworks to repair damaged road blamed on controversial decision to direct HGVs along its narrow roads

£8million of taxpayers money will be spent strengthening the ancient embankment along Dinah's Hollow (a single lane C road) at Melbury Abbas in Dorset, the 'Village of the Jammed'.

Events

2 w. ago Suspected Covid fraudsters given 48 hours to repay owed cash

The government is warning a voluntary window to return any money owed to taxpayers claimed through pandemic-era schemes closes shortly before midnight on December 31

Economics

2 w. ago SNP projects run 67 years late and £1.3bn over budget, including Glen Sannox, A9 dualling, HMP Glasgow

Scottish Labour says the analysis shows the SNP cannot be trusted with taxpayers’ money.

Economics

3 w. ago Trump brags about demanding his own government give him taxpayer money over Mar

’Actually, maybe I shouldn't give it to charity. Maybe I should keep the money’

Politics