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Charity investment wasting cash

By politics.co.uk staff Two publicly-funded bodies providing investment for the voluntary and community sector have either wasted funds or failed to provide value for money, a National Audit Office (NAO) report released today has concluded. ChangeUp and Futurebuilders, together costing £446 million, were both launched in 2004 to build capacity in the sector but have… Read more »

The cost of government flights: £18.5m

By politics.co.uk staff The government spent £18.5 million on flights last year, casting doubt on its commitment to budgeting and reducing carbon emissions. The Taxpayers’ Alliance carried out the first Whitehall-wide report on flight spending, collating data for the 2008 period. The report, which looked at 13 government departments’ flight expenditure using the Freedom Of… Read more »