The bumper book of government waste, its a free download and good read !
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/2 ... ld-uk.html
Here are a few gems:
• Arts Council: Gave a £95,000 grant to artists in Brighton for “Skipâ€, a rubbish dumpster outlined with yellow lights
• Crawley Council: Spent £5,070 on 12,200 hot drinks from vending machines for council employees, when the equivalent number of tea bags would have cost just £200
• Department for International Development: Spent £21.2 million on a road maintenance project in Bangladesh, later pulled due to “fiduciary irregularities†after it emerged that less than 10% had actually been spent on roads
• Durham Council: Funded a £12,000 clothing allowance to allow councillors to wear “Geordie Armaniâ€
• Hull Council: Spent £40,000 on a concert in honour of the councillor who is Lord Mayor this year
• Ministry of Defence: Paid £22 for light bulbs that are normally 65p
• Prison Service: Paid £720,000 to professional actors for role playing that is aimed at helping inmates become employed
• Scottish Government: Signed a £1.4 million 4-year contract for taxis for civil servants in Edinburgh – despite staff being told to use buses
• Stoke-on-Trent Council: Spent £330,000 to pay for redundancy packages and subsequently rehiring 25 members of staff
and there are lots more in the book !
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/2 ... ld-uk.html
Here are a few gems:
• Arts Council: Gave a £95,000 grant to artists in Brighton for “Skipâ€, a rubbish dumpster outlined with yellow lights
• Crawley Council: Spent £5,070 on 12,200 hot drinks from vending machines for council employees, when the equivalent number of tea bags would have cost just £200
• Department for International Development: Spent £21.2 million on a road maintenance project in Bangladesh, later pulled due to “fiduciary irregularities†after it emerged that less than 10% had actually been spent on roads
• Durham Council: Funded a £12,000 clothing allowance to allow councillors to wear “Geordie Armaniâ€
• Hull Council: Spent £40,000 on a concert in honour of the councillor who is Lord Mayor this year
• Ministry of Defence: Paid £22 for light bulbs that are normally 65p
• Prison Service: Paid £720,000 to professional actors for role playing that is aimed at helping inmates become employed
• Scottish Government: Signed a £1.4 million 4-year contract for taxis for civil servants in Edinburgh – despite staff being told to use buses
• Stoke-on-Trent Council: Spent £330,000 to pay for redundancy packages and subsequently rehiring 25 members of staff
and there are lots more in the book !
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Robs Car Gallery
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Planning is an unnatural process, much better to just get on with things, that way failure comes as a complete surprise instead of being preceeded by a period of worry and doubt
Robs Car Gallery
click below to access nano website
![Image](http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/images/nanocard_sig.jpg)
Planning is an unnatural process, much better to just get on with things, that way failure comes as a complete surprise instead of being preceeded by a period of worry and doubt