8 d. ago Child killer on Death Row took his own life 'saving taxpayers a lot of money'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A Death Row man has taken his own life after he killed a 13-year-old in 2008 by using a telephone chord in a US motel room, officials say

Economics

1 week ago Former Sri Lankan president admitted to hospital after arrest

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who faces charges of using public funds for private travel, treated for acute dehydrationSri Lanka’s former president was admitted to hospital on Saturday, a day after he was charged with using public funds to finance private international travel, as the government intensified its crackdown on corruption.Ranil Wickremesinghe, 76, was remanded in custody on Friday after being accused of using taxpayers’ money to pay for a two-day visit to the UK in September 2023 to attend a ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton granting an honorary professorship to his wife. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Why Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government

Westminster policy decisions have cost us all eye watering sums of money

Politics

1 week ago HMRC issues urgent money warning to millions of taxpayers across the UK

More than 47,000 reports of fake tax refund claims have been made to HMRC in the last year.

Economics

1 week ago This is how much taxpayer money the Government wastes ferrying empty red despatch boxes in chauffeured cars

A new Freedom of Information request has found that the Government will spend almost £18,000 this year sending its famous red despatch boxes in empty cars.

Economics

2 w. ago Scrapping of audit watchdog for English councils ‘led to soaring costs and chaos’

High critical report finds that instead of promised annual saving of £100m, fees have rocketed amid financial crisisDavid Cameron’s “bonfire of the quangos” decision to abolish England’s council spending watchdog has left a broken system that is costing taxpayers more money than it was promised to save.In a highly critical report, academics at the University of Sheffield said the coalition government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had promised savings of £100m a year by abolishing the Audit Commission. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Taxpayers to get lower interest rates in days as HMRC confirms change

HMRC has revealed the exact dates new interest rates will come into effect following the Bank of England change

Economics

2 w. ago 'Serious nuclear incident' at UK Faslane Navy base as 'Cat A' event declared

It comes after SNP leaders called on the Labour government to provide an explanation for the release of radioactive waste in neighbouring Loch Long in north east Scotland

Events

3 w. ago We expected dominance but Peak China may finally have arrived | George Magnus

The technological and strategic brilliance of its world-class companies are being swamped by macroeconomic troublesProclamations about the inevitability of China’s dominance of the global economic system, or the so-called Chinese century, are much less validated by contemporary Trumpian angst than what should be the Communist party’s appeal to its intrinsic values and virtues.Common concerns about coercive politics and human rights aside, some notions of China as an unstoppableeconomic, technological and military behemoth sit alongside others focused more on an increasingly sclerotic, over- centralised political economy, that depends on wasteful economic stimulus, and features poor governance and institutions. The fusion of these notions suggests that we may already have reached “peak China”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Hellbent on arrest, more than 360 activists of outlawed Palestine Action goad police to detain them

Militant protesters were accused of a 'colossal' waste of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money after more than 360 deliberately forced police to arrest them.

Events

3 w. ago Tories savage 'deranged' £650million electric car grant scheme that 'hands British taxpayers' money to foreign automakers'

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced £1,500 discounts for certain Nissan, Renault and Vauxhall models.

Economics

3 w. ago Judge stops hazardous waste shipments to Michigan landfill from five states

A judge is stopping government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill

Events