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‘Irrational, Ineffective, Dangerous’: French Inquiry Condemns UK Border Policy
£648 million of UK taxpayers’ money sent to France has gone unaccounted for since 2018, with a further £660 million due to be spent by 2029.
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Boris Johnson’s Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
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Grenfell Fire: Up to a Million People Still Living in Tower Blocks With Flammable Cladding Eight Years Later
A damning report by peers blames failings by regulators and the building industry to live up to the promises made to grieving families
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Inside Brook House: The Human Cost of the UK’s Abuse-Filled Privatised Immigration Detention System
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
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The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
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The Full Cost of the Ministry of Defence Afghan Data Leak Will Be Much Higher Than the Government Claimed
The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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Tax-Dodging Billionaires Are Being Let off the Hook by HMRC, Warn MPs
Prosecutions of wealthy tax evaders have collapsed, with MPs warning that UK authorities are failing to keep track of those avoiding their dues
