So where are the spending cuts? - MoneyWeek
Clues can be found in the detailed spending figures published by the Treasury in November (part of the coalition's pledge to be more transparent on spending).
This describes 194,000 payments made by every government department between May and September.
Spending included such items as giving £40,000 of taxpayers' money to Eton College to work with state schools, £1.17m on in-cell TV for prisoners, and £6.6m on free coal for ex-coalminers. HMRC ran up a £170,000 bill on bottled water, and the Ministry of Defence spent £820,000 on hotels in Kenyan game parks. Whitehall paid £271m to one firm, Aspire, which runs IT for Revenue & Customs. It paid £3.3bn to Capita for a range of outsourced contracts – more than several government departments get in a year. Some £1.43bn was spent on school-related Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and a further £1.25bn on other PFI contracts. Oh, and £55,000 was spent on decorating 10 Downing Street.
Off to a good start then.
Clues can be found in the detailed spending figures published by the Treasury in November (part of the coalition's pledge to be more transparent on spending).
This describes 194,000 payments made by every government department between May and September.
Spending included such items as giving £40,000 of taxpayers' money to Eton College to work with state schools, £1.17m on in-cell TV for prisoners, and £6.6m on free coal for ex-coalminers. HMRC ran up a £170,000 bill on bottled water, and the Ministry of Defence spent £820,000 on hotels in Kenyan game parks. Whitehall paid £271m to one firm, Aspire, which runs IT for Revenue & Customs. It paid £3.3bn to Capita for a range of outsourced contracts – more than several government departments get in a year. Some £1.43bn was spent on school-related Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and a further £1.25bn on other PFI contracts. Oh, and £55,000 was spent on decorating 10 Downing Street.
Off to a good start then.
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