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 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: 23:34 BST, 25 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 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: Train operators struggle as commuter numbers remain hugely reduced By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:17 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 1 September 2020 The taxpayer bailout of Great Western Railway will continue into next summer – a sign of the havoc coronavirus … Read more
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
Jon Winkelried – Co-CEO of TPG Capital – the owners of Prezzo through a UK holding company American financial executive Jon Winkelried is the Co-CEO of TPG Capital, a US private equity firm which ultimately owns Italian restaurant chain Prezzo through a UK holiday company American financial executive Jon Winkelried is the Co-CEO of TPG Capital, … Read more
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 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
Taxpayer faces £34bn coronavirus bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency schemes turn sour By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:28 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 14 July 2020 The taxpayer could be saddled with a £34billion bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency Covid schemes … Read more
Fears Rolls-Royce will need billions in taxpayer bailout: Engineer has taken a £3bn Covid pandemic hit By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 Rolls-Royce burned through £3billion of cash during the first six months of the year as coronavirus dealt a hammer-blow … Read more