All news on the topic: Taxpayers

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Convicted child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed £277,000 in MP expenses after rape charges
Child sex abuser Jeffrey Donaldson claimed more than a quarter of a million pounds in MP expenses after he had been charged with rape and other historical sex offences.
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Labour blasted for £1.58m taxpayer spend promoting Digital ID consultation
The Cabinet Office has spent £1.58 million of taxpayer money advertising Labour’s Digital ID consultation.
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Welfare cheats cost UK taxpayers £9.9bn in overpaid benefits last year
Benefit claimants were overpaid almost £10bn last year amid a rise in fraud by welfare cheats.
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Ministers face billion-pound bill to rescue failing British Steel
Ministers have already spent hundreds of millions keeping British Steel afloat. Nationalizing the struggling steelmaker is set to cost taxpayers billions more, multiple steel industry figures.
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$15M golden arch proposal adds to Trump’s vision of transforming Washington into a monument-filled capital at taxpayers’ expense
Donald Trump has unveiled the design for his 250ft ‘triumphal arch’ which could see taxpayer money used for its construction.
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Millions of UK aid invested by BII linked to risky health firms and patient safety concerns
From the outside, 123 Victoria Street appears to be just another glass-and-steel office block along the busy route to Parliament Square.
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The Conservative Party to prohibit councils from implementing a four-day work week
Councils will be prohibited from permitting staff to work four-day weeks on full pay if the Tories win the next election.
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42 UK prisons under investigation after staff and inmates exposed to deadly radon gas
There are concerns that hundreds more inmates and staff may have been exposed to hazardous levels of cancer-causing gas, with the Ministry of Justice now investigating 42 prison and probation sites, The Independent can reveal.
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Royal couple accused of profiting from Crown Estate property at taxpayer expense
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are facing uproar after it emerged they are earning £130,000 a year from sub-letting a stable on one of the Crown Estate’s properties, despite only paying a peppercorn rent.
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Westminster taxpayers face £27m cost after builder goes bust
Kemi Badenoch has called for Westminster councillors to be sanctioned for the "catastrophic mess" they created after ignoring concerns about a building firm that went bust during a major housing project.
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Cost to taxpayers rises as UK considers larger payouts to rejected asylum seekers
Approximately 700 Albanian families might be offered more than £3,000 to leave the UK, as ministers handle a rising immigration bill.
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BBC under fire for £18m travel bill as investigation reveals lavish taxi and hotel spending
The BBC has spent over £18m on taxis, hotels, and trains for staff and contributors in just the last three years, an LBC investigation has revealed.
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UK taxpayers’ climate finance used to boost billionaire-owned companies and fossil fuel projects
Luxury carmakers owned by billionaires, telecom giants, and a company constructing new gas-fired power plants might not seem like obvious beneficiaries of climate aid.
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Most of Turkey’s top taxpayers opt for anonymity amid corruption concerns
Turkey’s 2024 income tax records, released on August 20, 2025, indicate an increasing trend of affluent individuals and corporations opting to conceal their identities, prompting concerns about transparency and the origins of private wealth.
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Dozens of HMRC staff sacked for snooping on taxpayers’ private records since 2022
Since 2022, dozens of HMRC staff have been dismissed for violating data privacy rules, with over 186 terminated for prying into taxpayers’ confidential information.