Asylum seekers’ taxi rides to hotels and detention centres are costing the taxpayer millions

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 is moving just a few dozen yards costing the taxpayer £1MILLION

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: 15:55 BST, 26 September 2020 Taxpayers have been left with a £1million bill … Read more

The Queen’s cousin is moving just a few dozen yards costing the taxpayer £1MILLION

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: 08:50 BST, 26 September 2020 Taxpayers have been left with a £1million bill … Read more

The Queen is to get a bailout from the taxpayer after her land and property investments plummeted

The Queen is to get a bailout from the taxpayer after her land and property investments plummeted due to coronavirus pandemic Treasury said it will top up the Sovereign Grant to help maintain Queen’s income  Monarch’s income is based on a 25% share of the profits of the Crown Estate  Queen will now be receiving … Read more

Taxpayer to keep GWR on the rails

Taxpayer to keep GWR on the rails: Train operators struggle as commuter numbers remain hugely reduced By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:17 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 1 September 2020 The taxpayer bailout of Great Western Railway will continue into next summer – a sign of the havoc coronavirus … Read more

Eat Out to Help Out scheme is set to smash 80million-meal barrier tonight at £400m cost to taxpayer

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme is set to smash through the 80 million-meal barrier tonight at a £400 million cost to the taxpayer on the last night of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s scheme. Diners have endured three hour queues for their final 50% discounts of up to £10 per head which have been offered … Read more

Eat Out to Help Out scheme is set to smash 80million-meal barrier tonight at £400m cost to taxpayer

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme is set to smash through the 80 million-meal barrier tonight at a £400 million cost to the taxpayer on the last night of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s scheme. Diners have endured three hour queues for their final 50% discounts of up to £10 per head which have been offered … Read more

Average HS2 worker costs the taxpayer £94,824 a year

Each person working on the HS2 rail project costs the taxpayer almost £100,000 on average, it has emerged. And the chief executive of the troubled high-speed link leads the charge – taking home more than four times the Prime Minister last year with £659,416. The astonishing figures were revealed in HS2’s annual report, which also … Read more

Average HS2 worker costs the taxpayer £94,824 a year

Each person working on the HS2 rail project costs the taxpayer almost £100,000 on average, it has emerged. And the chief executive of the troubled high-speed link leads the charge – taking home more than four times the Prime Minister last year with £659,416. The astonishing figures were revealed in HS2’s annual report, which also … Read more

Covid loans hit £52bn: Fears taxpayer will be left to foot the bill

Covid loans hit £52bn: Fears firms will be saddled with debt they won’t be able to pay and taxpayer will be left to foot the bill By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 11 August 2020 As of August 9, the total lent to 1.2m … Read more