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Taxpayers foot £55million bill for lawyer blocking deportation flights of Channel migrants

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Revealed: Taxpayers foot £55million bill for lawyer blocking deportation flights of Channel migrants Duncan Lewis Solicitors legal aid work covers many areas including immigration Staff have been to Calais and offered support to refugees hoping to reach Britain It has forged a close relationship with charities that work among camps in France By Scarlet Howes … Read more

British Royals: The Queen and family work harder and cost taxpayers less than European counterparts

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The British monarchy works harder and costs the taxpayer less than their European counterparts, a study has found. The Constitution Unit at University College London found only the Belgian and Spanish royal families cost less per head of the population, reported The Times. In 2017-18 the Sovereign Grant was £75.1million, or £1.14 per person, acording … Read more

‘Woke’ student unions cost taxpayers and students £165m a year, report finds

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Student unions have come under fire for mounting ‘an assault on free speech’ while costing taxpayers millions each year.   Sombreros, beef, clapping and cowboy outfits are just a few of the things to have been banned in recent years by ‘woke’ students across the country.  Blacklisting types of food and dress, censoring language and no-platforming … Read more

Love Island stars ‘given taxpayers’ money to promote Covid-19 Test and Trace scheme’

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Love Island stars were reportedly given taxpayers’ money to tell their Instagram followers that the Covid-19 Test and Trace scheme is ‘free, quick and vital to stop the spread’.   The ITV2 reality stars, including Shaughna Phillips, 26, Josh Denzel, 29, and Chris Hughes, 27, are said to have been paid to promote the testing campaign by No … Read more

Doctors are told to be frank with patients who have obesity to save taxpayers millions

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Doctors are told to be frank with patients who have obesity in bid to get them to change their lifestyle and save taxpayers millions Doctors have been accused of failing to be frank with their obese patients  They need to persuade their patients to lose weight instead of other options Some doctors just prescribe expensive ‘bariatric’ … Read more

Ghost town London’s £5.7BILLION black hole: Taxpayers face bill as lost fares leave TfL £3.5bn short

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The coronavirus pandemic has left the Greater London area with an estimated £5.7billion black hole in its public finances – after the lockdown and work from home economy sapped £575million a day from the capital’s economy in a £66.9billion hammer blow. Now taxpayers face having to pick up the bill for the lost revenue in … Read more

Killer who stabbed his teenage victim, 17, to death is living in a hotel at the taxpayers’ expense

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Sadistic killer who stabbed his teenage victim, 17, to death and decapitated him is living in a hotel at the taxpayers’ expense after being deported from Australia back to the UK Christopher Clark Jones was jailed for murdering Morgan Jay Shepherd in 2005 Was released on parole and deported from Australia back to the UK … Read more

UK taxpayers face a £38bn Covid loans TIME BOMB

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Britain’s £38bn Covid loans TIME BOMB: Government’s rescue schemes leave taxpayer facing huge bill By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 Struggling firms have received more than £38billion in emergency money – fuelling fears that taxpayers will foot the bill for huge … Read more

Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost taxpayers more than $40,000 USD in security

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Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost Canadian taxpayers more than $40,000 USD after the couple fled to Canada in wake of Megxit, according to RCMP documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  The cost of protecting the couple during their two month stay came to $56,384.52 Canadian dollars, or more than $40,000 US dollars.  Harry and … Read more