The UK taxpayer has footed the bill due to government mismanagement. Over 10 years here are some of the worst cases: 🧵

The UK taxpayer has footed the bill due to government mismanagement. Over 10 years here are some of the worst cases: 🧵

Benefit overpayment last year was almost £10Bn. This is the same as 310,000 nurses yearly salary

£715m for the Rwanda scheme that saw 4 people relocated. Thats two prisons with a total 3000 man capacity

Asylum hotels may be down but spending is still over £4bn a year

Hinkley fish protection cost £700M. estimated to save 1 fish every 12 year. Money well spent...

Govement scheme to fit external insulation with a 98% defective rate. less than 10% fixed. fraud or failure?

PIP coaching has seen remarkable increases

The forecasted PIP cost per year will go up to £45bn. insane

OVER 10,000 people got a car due to ADHD

Warrington Council bought into a bank, solar farms and offices while in £1.9bn of debt

Birmingham IT system was almost 10x over estimated cost

A Croydon concert-hall cost twice what it should have and the council lent the builder £200M. Fraud?

Thurrock Council invested over £1bn and the solar company collapsed

Total list of claims by condition for a free car

Woking councils borrowed 1.8bn even though yearly funding cost of £16M. Drunk on taxpayers money. why not gamble when there is no personal risk

Afgan resettlement scheme got leaked. This cost the taxpayer £850m. Insane

The government sold soldiers homes to a private company but kept paying rent and maintenance an eventually bought them back costing the MoD £7.8bn

£1.5bn on a drone fleet never used. £735M write-off. £29M a drone what were they made of???

£600m spent on the Army Warrior vehicle upgrade. None Delivered. Fraud?

Ajax Armoured vehicle programme meant to deliver 589 vehicles. Over 5 years over date. Only 170 delivered. On an exercise, 35 soldiers report symptoms: vomiting, shaking and hearing problems. Total cost: £7.5bn

New radio system for emergency services. Late by 7 years and costing 3x original. Cost estimate: £19.1bn

£1.2bn spent on the Lower Thames Crossing before any physical work done.

Billions spent on HS2 lines never built. Not their money not there problem

What must be the most luxury bat shed ever costing £95m. Insane

general HS2 cost creep

Test and Trace paid £1,100 a day on average. labs run at under half capacity. Total cost £37bn. fraud?

£5bn lost to furlough fraud.

£46bn lent with minimal checks. Shocking onlu 10% were fraud

Eat Out to help out 70% over budget at £849m.

Only 20% of ventilators costing over £500m made it to hospitals

Nightingale hospitals cost £350m and saw only 381 Covid patients. Almost 1m person