The Foreign Office has been hard at work finding ever more creative ways to squander taxpayers’ money—and it’s not just the £18 billion Chagos surrender deal. UK DOGE’s The Waste Files has uncovered yet another splurge: a £2,714,576 contract to refurbish an existing property into a new British Governor’s Residence in Montserrat. The pricey tropical makeover includes:
For £2.7 million, you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”