Collapse of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia empire leaves taxpayers with a multi-million-pound bill By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:26 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 13 July 2021 Taxpayers will be hit with a multi-million-pound bill from the collapse of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia empire. The company behind Topshop went … Read more
A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town. But residents have … Read more
A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town. But residents have … Read more
Grenfell Tower inquiry has cost taxpayers £117million so far but survivors and relatives of victims are no closer to seeing those responsible put on trial Grenfell survivors and relatives of the victims are no closer to seeing a trial Anniversary of blaze will be marked with no charge or offence linked to disaster Bill does not … Read more
Grenfell Tower inquiry has cost taxpayers £117million so far but survivors and relatives of victims are no closer to seeing those responsible put on trial Grenfell survivors and relatives of the victims are no closer to seeing a trial Anniversary of blaze will be marked with no charge or offence linked to disaster Bill does not … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon’s aim of a four-day week in Scotland will cost the nation’s taxpayers £3billion a year, it was claimed today. The First Minister yesterday unveiled plans for a £10million pilot scheme if the SNP administration at Holyrood is re-elected in May, which will examine the feasibility of shortening the working week. It was among … Read more
Taxpayers left with £60m bill from the 2017 collapse of budget airline Monarch By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 April 2021 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 12 April 2021 Taxpayers will be forced to foot the entire £60million bill for getting passengers home when they were stranded following the collapse of … Read more
UK taxpayers pumped £21million into fitting out a Dutch vaccine factory to make AstraZeneca jabs before the EU threatened to ban their export from the continent. Health Secretary Matt Hancock approved the multi-million pound investment in the Halix factory in Leiden with the guarantee that doses would be sent to the UK. Initially, it was hoped … Read more
UK taxpayers have pumped £21million in to fitting out a Dutch vaccine factory that the EU has now threatened to ban jabs being exported from. Health Secretary Matt Hancock approved the multi-million pound investment in the Halix factory in Leiden with the guarantee that doses would be sent to the UK. Initially, it was hoped that … Read more
Tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has asked the Government for a £170million emergency bailout to save Liberty Steel – as his wife begins a revamp of their lavish London mansion. The firm is understood to have appealed to the Government for financial support after its main backer, Greensill Capital, went bust earlier this month. Mr Gupta, whose GFG Alliance owns … Read more