The soaring cost of Eat Out To Help Out: Rishi Sunak’s discount scheme to help pubs and restaurants cost taxpayers £849million – 70% OVER its £500million estimate – after 49,000 firms claimed for more than 160million meals in August The Treasury estimated that the scheme would cost £500million in total But it overshot the mark … Read more
Tens of millions of pounds of our cash is being ploughed into China‘s vast economy every year – on schemes including opera and rice production. In an unprecedented audit, the Mail has uncovered £81million in aid sent to the world’s second largest economy. It exposes how the UK taxpayer is boosting China’s prosperity despite the … Read more
The Government’s tax gurus have drawn up a blueprint to raise a ‘substantial’ amount from the wealthiest taxpayers with a capital gains tax overhaul that would hit stock market investments, second homes and buy-to-lets. A report into how sales are taxed floats a number of ways to rake in extra cash, including hiking capital gain … Read more
Rishi Sunak was accused of propping up failing businesses with taxpayers money today amid figures showing a dramatic decline in insolvencies during the coronavirus pandemic. The Chancellor has ploughed billions into securing the jobs of millions of workers through furlough payments and schemes underwriting business loans for thousands of firms. But the Government’s Insolvency Service … Read more
Almost £1BILLION of British taxpayers’ cash has been spent on coronavirus PPE from China – including form Wuhan The Government signed almost 90 contracts worth £900million with China Subsequent contracts are set to send that figure soaring to a cool £1billion Gowns, gloves and aprons were bought from the Communist superpower Life-saving ventilators acquired from … Read more
Head of Boris Johnson’s vaccine taskforce bills taxpayers £670,000 for a team of boutique PR consultants to oversee her media strategy Kate Bingham, 55, has hired eight full-time consultants from Admiral Associates Costs involved mean that each consultant is on the equivalent of £167,000 a year Team help Ms Bingham to draft statements and prepare for … Read more
Multi-millionaire YouTube star Zoella has splashed out nearly £2m on a trendy ‘New York loft-style’ office – while claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pay her office manager. MailOnline revealed last week that the highly successful vlogger – real name Zoe Sugg – was paying her £25,000-a-year ‘girl Friday’ Holly Macey from the … Read more
A botched green scheme is paying wind turbine owners seven times the value of the electricity they generate – and it is set to cost UK consumers an estimated £1.4billion. The Daily Mail can reveal the eyewatering fiasco in the week Boris Johnson declared that wind power was the future for the nation’s energy generation. … Read more
Multi-millionaire YouTube star Zoella is claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pay her office manager from the government’s furlough scheme, MailOnline has learned. The highly successful vlogger – real name Zoe Sugg – has landed several multi-million pound deals during lockdown, yet placed her £25,000-a-year ‘girl Friday’ Holly Macey on the state bail-out … Read more
Cash for Covid tests? £170million of taxpayers’ money to go on Amazon and other online store vouchers to coax people into coronavirus study 400,000 people will be asked to provide data in exchange for a £50 voucher Some will get opportunity to provide data for a year for £425 in gift cards The ONS did … Read more