Top civil servants have been told they could face the sack if they do not save taxpayers money under rules announced by the government. Senior leaders will be held personally responsible for achieving savings in their departments as part of reforms to how the Civil Service manages performance. Under the changes those who do well
The NSW Transport Minister has resigned over her spending of taxpayer money, which included a boozy trip to a winery. ‘As I said on Sunday, I have made mistakes, people aren’t perfect,’ Jo Haylen said while fronting media in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. ‘I did not break the rules, but I acknowledge that that’s not
An executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday will overturn two Biden memorandums and reinstate the Mexico City Policy, which forbids using taxpayer dollars to fund nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. The Mexico City Policy, initiated by the Reagan administration, has been rescinded by every Democratic president and reinstated
Niall Carson/PA Gerry Adams was in jail because he had been interned without trial Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is in line for “a pay day from the taxpayer” under plans to repeal the Legacy Act, a report backed by several peers has stated. The legislation presently blocks him – and many others interned
Anthony Albanese has been slammed by economists for splashing taxpayer cash to subsidise Chinese electric cars when prices are already tipped to fall next year. Despite Australia’s growing debt crisis, Labor this week announced low-interest loans to buy an EV. The policy would cover workers earning less than $100,000 a year, which means anyone on
Angela Rayner has defended hiring a ‘vanity photographer’ that cost the tax-payer thousands by saying that people complain about never seeing her. The Mail previously revealed the Deputy Prime Minister hired personal photographer Simon Walker on a salary of £68,000. Although Downing Street has employed photographers to record the Prime Minister for some years, Ms Rayner
A disastrous town centre cycle lane which has damaged business and caused accidents is set to cost taxpayers several million pounds. The cycle lane scheme along Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough was installed in 2022 at a cost of £1.7 million and was supposed to make the key arterial route ‘greener and safer’. However, it has
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By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 16:53 EST, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 17:01 EST, 13 November 2024 The government’s former top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, often maligned for supporting stringent Covid isolation measures, was given a whopping $15 million – worth of private security after retirement from Jan. 4,
FIRST ON FOX: A conservative group is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over documents related to the housing and sheltering of illegal immigrants in the U.S. amid broader concerns about how taxpayer money is being spent on the crisis. The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) is suing HHS after