Labour's huge and incompetent government inspectorates are worse than a waste of money - they are downright dangerous. Take today's scandal : "Poor standards of care at an accident and emergency unit in one of the country's flagship.
Topics: nhs

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A very scratched record Regular readers may recall the paper we wrote last year for the TaxPayers' Alliance calling for the abolition of the Barnett Formula (see here  and here ). We argued that Scotland should be granted full...
Topics: Scotland

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How many people work for the government? According to the Major, the answer is none. Personally, I think that's a tad harsh. But prompted by a comment on a recent BOM post, we've taken another look at how many are employed by the...
Topics: public sector employment, welfare

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Warmism is not our specialist subject, but we really can't let the scandal of Climategate pass without comment. As you will know , emails and other material "liberated" from the publicly funded Climatic Research Institute at the University..
Topics: eco wibble

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Gripped by immutable laws The TaxPayers' Alliance has just updated its analysis of cost overruns on large government projects . The headline conclusion is that they're getting worse, with an average 38% overrun compared to the 34% identified in...
Topics: projects

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