TPA April Fools Quiz
Have you been fooled today?
Well maybe it's time you were.
We've put together some of the most daft examples of government waste we've come across in our 11 year history, but can you tell which ones are true and which ones we've included just to fool you?
Fact or April Fools?
Yup, this one slipped out as part of the budget. Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster was able to unveil this new project two weeks ago.
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£160 million of EU money was spent on events and refurbishments including a cool £250,000 on a shower for Sarkozy which he never used.
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Sadly, the total bill was actually £1 million a month to run this white elephant. As Anthony King and Ivor Crewe will tell you in "The Blunders of Our Governments"
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Not dishonest, but downright wasteful. A Suffolk county fat cat was heavily criticised for her largesse with taxpayers' cash. She has now left her post (at a cost of £350,000).
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£100,000 - For just one dog? Don't be silly. Instead, £350,000 has been spent building a canine health spa.
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You may need a lie down to recover from the cost of their short walk - this one is true.
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Yes, it was an art project (apparently this does count as art) and yes it did cost the taxpayer almost £100,000
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A failed IT project - of course it’s true. The real difficulty was choosing which failed IT project to include.
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At £32,500 a year (£400,000 in total) to hang around Westminster and be disliked, these trees do a very similar job to some of our MPs.
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