£99million teaching families in Africa and Asia to cook using electricity
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NHS Data Breaches Hit 35,283 in Last Three Years
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that 154 NHS Trusts... Read more...
Labour accused of hypocrisy over lavish spending by civil servants
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that government departments have... Read more...
Civil servants take 2,500 years’ worth of mental health sick leave in a year
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that civil servants took... Read more...
Hundreds of Civil Servants Working From Abroad
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that 312 civil servants... Read more...
Govt squander £10 million fund on projects like TikTok dancing
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that £10,418,137 was spent... Read more...
Universities double investment in diversity staff over three years
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that 164 UK universities spent... Read more...
£5 million handout blow for farmers
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that £5 million has... Read more...
Introducing Spaff: The Spectator Project Against Frivolous Funding
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that councils spent £1.7... Read more...
Job agencies cashing in on £1BILLION demand for state school supply teachers
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has provided updated figures for LA... Read more...
Government Spaffs Over £4 Million on Climate Crusade Ads
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that the Department for... Read more...
One MILLION teaching days lost to mental health sickness
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has discovered that teachers in local... Read more...
How councils let staff work from the BEACH!
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that town hall bosses... Read more...
Mental health sick days surge in public sector
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that council staff have... Read more...
Fury as it’s revealed foreign farmers are being handed £500m in aid amid tractor tax row
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that £536.4 million is... Read more...
Police diversity jobs increase by almost a third in three years
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has found that Police forces across... Read more...
Revealed: 14,000 teachers call in sick every day
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that nearly 8 million... Read more...
MOD chiefs spend £4million on hotels, bars and fast food
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that Ministry of Defence... Read more...
Taxpayers foot £650k bill for public sector Pride
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that public sector organisations... Read more...
'QUACK' CURES NHS spent ‘£1.5million’ on ‘quack’ therapies
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that NHS Trusts have... Read more...
England’s teacher retention crisis costs taxpayers £1bn a year
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has found that agency teaching staff... Read more...
£200k of tax-payers’ cash studying impact of Star Wars
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that UKRI has spent... Read more...
Department for Work and Pensions 'wasted' £13.9 billion due to fraud and error in one year
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that civil servants in... Read more...
British Red Cross blasted as it issues woke new rules
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has found the Red Cross has... Read more...
The Home Office refuses to disclose Rwanda refund
The TaxPayers' Alliance has revealed that the Home Office has... Read more...
Rachel Reeves’s huge £47bn compensation bill
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has found that the government has... Read more...
Chancellor urged to go on a war on waste
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has completed an audit of public... Read more...
Five senior defence officials sitting on 'gold-plated' pension pots
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that five senior defence... Read more...
DWP predict benefit fraud will continue to rise
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that the Department for... Read more...
Spoilsport councils warn football fans to keep quiet
A Taxpayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that two local authorities... Read more...
Councils spend millions of taxpayers’ money on adult cycle lessons
A Taxpayers' Alliance investigation has found that 88 local authorities... Read more...
Over one million sick days taken by staff across 55 taxpayer-funded quangos and public bodies
A Taxpayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that across 55 taxpayer... Read more...
Dracula study sucks up £80,000 of taxpayer money
A TaxPayer's Alliance investigation has found that over £8 million... Read more...
Government bodies hand out millions in grants to diversity initiatives
According to a TaxPayers' Alliance investigation, the UK Research and... Read more...
Police overtime bill soars by £100m despite drop in crime solving
A Taxpayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that the police overtime... Read more...
Quangos spend almost £1 million on support groups hosting events
The TaxPayer's Alliance has uncovered that there are 438 staff... Read more...
Senior civil servants spend £80,000 on business class travel in three months
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has unearthed that senior Department of... Read more...
Town halls spend almost £52 million on EDI roles
The TaxPayers' Alliance has discovered that local authorities have spent... Read more...
Woke uni blows taxpayers’ money on ‘decolonising’ Treasure Island author’s work
In an audit of government grants 2022/23, the TaxPayers' Alliance... Read more...
Councils spend £5m on ‘parklets’ left strewn with rubbish
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that UK councils have... Read more...
NHS managers earning six-figure salaries rises a quarter in two years
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that there 837 non-clinical... Read more...
£1.5 million paid out to staff at Lucy Letby hospital.
According to a TaxPayers' Alliance investigation staff at the Countess of... Read more...
Sadiq Khan spent £4.5 million on POSTERS as mayor slammed for endorsing 'nanny state' messaging
The Taxpayers' Alliance has exposed Sadiq Khan's total spend on... Read more...
Council ‘heading for bankruptcy’ spent £400,000 on unisex toilets
The Taxpayers' Alliance has uncovered that 45 local authorities have... Read more...
'Strapped for cash’ Kent council spends thousands on Brussels office
A Taxpayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that Kent County Council... Read more...
Civil servants roll over £323 million worth of holiday
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has found that a total of more... Read more...
Castle Point Council pays out £143,000 to estate of late chief executive
Castle Point Borough Council paid out £143,000 to the estate... Read more...
£150 million civil service golden goodbye bill
Civil service departments, including quangos, paid out more than £150... Read more...
Councils spend hundreds of thousands on award ceremonies
UK councils have spent £350,000 on attending award ceremonies celebrating... Read more...
Councils are footing the heating bills of staff working from home
Eleven councils have spent taxpayers' money on paying for the... Read more...
Over one hundred million letters sent for non-payment of licence fee
The BBC have sent out more than 100 million letters... Read more...
NHS still spending millions on diversity roles
The NHS is still spending millions of pounds on diversity... Read more...
Almost 100 councils fail to publish accounts in 2022/23
Almost 100 councils failed to publish any statement of accounts... Read more...
Hundreds of iPads lost by London Ambulance
Hundreds of iPads have been lost by staff working for... Read more...
Council staff allowed to work from abroad
There has been a ten-fold rise in the number of... Read more...
Councils spend £700,000 on home internet for staff
UK councils spent £700,000 covering home internet costs from 2019... Read more...
The cost of public sector pride
Public sector pride cost taxpayers more than £500,000 in 2023,... Read more...
NHS wastes millions on taxes for empty buildings
The NHS has spent £4 million on property taxes for... Read more...
£100 million daily charges if ULEZ rolled out nationally
A national ULEZ-levy would cost drivers almost £100 million a... Read more...
UK contracts underperforming
Key performance indicators for the UK's most important contracts have... Read more...
Ministry of Defence records £800 million annual loss
The Ministry of Defence recorded losses of more than £800... Read more...
NHS Network Events
26,000 hours worth of staff time was taken up by... Read more...
£800,000 spent on painting prime ministerial plane
£800,000 was spent on painting a second prime ministerial plane... Read more...
The Bankrupt Council Rich List
Bankrupt councils in the UK have 45 staff members on... Read more...
Whitehall Golden Goodbye Bill
Whitehall departments spent £182 million on golden goodbyes in 2021/22,... Read more...
Brecon Beacons rebrand cost revealed
The rebrand of Brecon Beacons National Park cost taxpayers £30,000,... Read more...
Outdated tech on Whitehall likely costing taxpayers billions
Outdated tech on Whitehall is likely costing billions to maintain... Read more...
Taxpayer-funded trip to French Riviera for UK councils
UK councils spent tens of thousands of pounds on sending... Read more...
Taxpayers funding Ecotricity
Energy firm Ecotricity, which is run by Labour and Just... Read more...
Civil servants get day off for Vegan event
Civil servants are being given a day off to go... Read more...
PPE storage still costing £580,000 per day
Storing excess PPE costed taxpayers £580,000 per day in January,... Read more...
London bonuses revealed
More than £3 million was handed out as bonuses to... Read more...
Police spend £34 million on communications staff
Police forces in the UK spent £34 million on communications... Read more...
Millions given out to groups campaigning against Rwanda plan
More than £3 million in government grants have been paid... Read more...
Scottish government funding lobbyists against UK government
The Scottish government has provided more than £6.4 million grant... Read more...
TaxPayers fork out £1.5 million on failed Sudan foreign aid project
The TaxPayers' Alliance has revealed that £1.5 million has been... Read more...
Cornwall council's £4.4 million redundancy bill
Cornwall Council spent £4.4 million on staff redundancies in just... Read more...
LTNs delaying London ambulances
There were 240 delays to London ambulances as a result... Read more...
Northern Irish council's £1 million bill for golden goodbyes
In just one year alone, Mid and East Antrim Council... Read more...
NHS Trusts spend over £112 million in one year
NHS Trusts spent more than £112 million on pistage in... Read more...
How much each London council paid in golden goodbyes
25 London councils paid out a total of more than... Read more...
ULEZ expansion to hit poorest areas hardest
Sadiq Khan's controversial ULEZ expansion is likely to hit poorer... Read more...
Council offices in the UK more than half empty
Council offices across the UK are more than half-empty, our... Read more...
Chesterfield had the largest bonus bill in country in 2022
Chesterfield Council had the highest bonus bill in 2022 of... Read more...
Bradford Council used covid funds for staff gift cards
Bradford Council used £170,000 of government covid funds intended to... Read more...
TfL spent £23,000 on London Underground anniversary
Transport for London spent £23,000 on a campaign to celebrate... Read more...
Government offices in Northern Ireland deserted
Government offices in Northern Ireland were practically empty during the... Read more...
Hampshire's bumper bonus bill
Hampshire County Council gave out £765,046 in bonuses to staff... Read more...
Mid Sussex Council gives out £100,000 golden goodbye
Mid Sussex Council gave out over £300,000 in redundancy payments... Read more...
NHS non-job spending spree revealed
With the health service crippled by strikes, our investigation into... Read more...
Luxury flights for trade officials revealed
Ministers and officials at the Department of International Trade spent... Read more...
Lecturing head of Food Standards Agency's salary revealed
Following comments made by Susan Jebb, head of the Food... Read more...
UK police forces spend £66,000 on rainbow merchandise
UK police forces have spent £66,000 on rainbow merchandise since... Read more...
Civil servants using working hours for film clubs, parties and talks
Civil servants are using working hours to attend film clubs,... Read more...
Prison spend on diversity staff revealed
UK prisons spent £11 million on diversity staff wages from... Read more...
Rotherham to be world's first Children's Capital of Culture
Ministers have confirmed that the project to make Rotherham the... Read more...