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...
< BACK
All
Central Government
Devolved Government
Local Government
Quangos
Public Services
Transport
BBC
Universities
Foreign Aid
Introducing Spaff: The Spectator Project Against Frivolous Funding
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that councils spent £1.7... 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...
Taxpayers foot £650k bill for public sector Pride
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that public sector organisations... 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...
Town halls spend almost £52 million on EDI roles
The TaxPayers' Alliance has discovered that local authorities have spent... Read more...
Councils spend £5m on ‘parklets’ left strewn with rubbish
A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has uncovered that UK councils have... 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...
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...
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...
Almost 100 councils fail to publish accounts in 2022/23
Almost 100 councils failed to publish any statement of accounts... 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...
£100 million daily charges if ULEZ rolled out nationally
A national ULEZ-levy would cost drivers almost £100 million a... Read more...
The Bankrupt Council Rich List
Bankrupt councils in the UK have 45 staff members on... Read more...
Taxpayer-funded trip to French Riviera for UK councils
UK councils spent tens of thousands of pounds on sending... Read more...
London bonuses revealed
More than £3 million was handed out as bonuses to... Read more...
Cornwall council's £4.4 million redundancy bill
Cornwall Council spent £4.4 million on staff redundancies in just... Read more...
Northern Irish council's £1 million bill for golden goodbyes
In just one year alone, Mid and East Antrim Council... Read more...
How much each London council paid in golden goodbyes
25 London councils paid out a total of more than... 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...
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...