News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
£22bn on carbon capture? It's hard to think of a more stupid waste of public money, says Paul Homewood. At best, just 8.5m of the UK's 327m tonnes of CO2 will be 'captured' – and a load will be emitted in the process!
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is under fire after it emerged she has hired a £68,000 "vanity" photographer to follow her around – after previously slamming Boris Johnson for spending on Government photographers.
Mike Wells uncovers more green waste as Kirklees council confirms in an FOI that it is not monitoring the results of an eco-housing pilot scheme highlighted in Keir Starmer's 2022 Labour conference speech.
Despite severe financial struggles across the university sector, over two-thirds of vice-chancellors at cash-strapped institutions enjoyed significant pay rises last year, including some with increases of up to 26%.
David Miliband has snagged a $1.25 million annual pay package from an aid charity bankrolled by British taxpayers – all while the charity slashes jobs and programmes due to financial problems.
A staggering £1.4bn in PPE has been destroyed or written off in the most wasteful Government deal of the pandemic.
Amid financial woes, UK universities are slashing academic jobs but splurging on 'woke' roles, offering bumper paychecks for positions in equality, diversity and inclusion.
Australia has binned over 35% of its multi-billion dollar Covid vaccine supply, with only 26% of the 267.3 million doses purchased being administered and another 15% set to expire soon.
Outrage is mounting over the Covid Inquiry's soaring £146 million price tag, which has seen more than £3 million allocated to emotional support services for witnesses.
Fraud and error in Covid support schemes have cost the British taxpayer over £10 billion, according to figures buried in a mass data dump by the Government.
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