The 'vanity projects' that bankrupted English councils
Birmingham this week became the seventh local authority to go bust since the turn of the century, having made a series of costly expenditures.
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Birmingham this week became the seventh local authority to go bust since the turn of the century, having made a series of costly expenditures.
In total 40 councils have spent nearly £700,000 on workers' home internet expenses since 2019, Freedom of Information requests show.
The Chancellor is facing renewed calls to reduce the tax burden on Britons, which is currently on course to reach a post-Second World War high, at his upcoming Autumn Statement.
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CARELESS police staff have cost the taxpayer nearly £3,000 in repairs after putting the wrong type of fuel in their vehicles.