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Marco Longhi (Dudley North) asked the Government to review allocations by the Culture Recovery Fund Cultural projects run by people who ‘hate our history and seek to rewrite it’ should be barred from receiving taxpayers’ support, a Tory MP said today. Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North, asked the Government to review allocations by the … Read more
Cineworld bosses could get up to £208 MILLION in bonuses after shareholders approved ‘excessive’ payout scheme – despite firm receiving taxpayer support during lockdown Chief executive alone could receive up to £65million of the bonus money Cinema company received taxpayer support through furlough during pandemic Bosses secured an extra £560million in November from independent lenders … Read more
Government reveals plans to ‘revolutionise’ farming with payments to protect the environment, produce free-range goods and ‘restore the landscape’ replacing costly EU subsidies While currently farmers are paid subsidies for amount of land they own, new system will see incentives for implementing sustainable, eco-friendly measures This includes producing free-range products and improving farm animal welfare … Read more
Billions being lost in Covid business loans fraud: Taxpayer faces £40bn bill as cost of emergency schemes soars By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 25 November 2020 The taxpayer could be saddled with a £40billion bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency … Read more
Billions being lost in Covid business loans fraud: Taxpayer faces £40bn bill as cost of emergency schemes soar By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 The taxpayer could be saddled with a £40billion bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency … Read more
A bent solicitor and her husband who defrauded the taxpayer out of almost £95,000 in a legal aid scam will have to repay just £5,584. Babita Attra, 41, made sure her lover Alexandru Major, 35, got lucrative translation contracts as part of the scam. Criminal law solicitor Attra and her Romanian husband Major were convicted … Read more
HS2 project could cost the taxpayer £170BILLION, claims deputy chairman of official review The Oakervee Review warning the final bill of HS2 could reach £106billion The report’s co-author, Lord Berkeley, now thinks costs could spiral further Cited evidence from expert suggesting costs of first phase could hit £88billion By Tom Payne Transport Correspondent For The … Read more
Alastair Flanagan’s journey to work takes him from a rambling farmhouse near the Chiltern Hills to a state-of-the-art office block overlooking a garden square in London’s Marylebone. The striking building is UK headquarters of the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s most prestigious — not to mention expensive — management consultancy firms. Flanagan is … Read more
Revealed: Asylum seekers’ taxi rides to hotels and detention centres are costing the taxpayer millions Asylum seekers are being driven in taxis from airports to hotels or interviews Clearsprings Ready Homes is awarded £1.1billion Home Office contract over 10 years The private company houses migrants in south of England and Wales It has paid one … Read more
The Queen’s cousin the Duke of Gloucester, 76, is moving just a few dozen yards at Kensington Palace – at a cost of £1MILLION to the taxpayer By Royal Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 23:34 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 23:34 BST, 25 September 2020 Taxpayers have been left with a £1million bill … Read more