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…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”