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No campaigners angry at £11.4m cost of AV ballot

08.04.11
Bill for holding the alternative vote referendum in London could reach £11.4 million, it emerged ... more

How voting reform has become a real war of words

01.04.11
Opponents of voting reform said a £6 million government-backed advertising campaign proves the 'alternative vote' is seven times more complicated than the traditional system ... more

'Luxury' lives of £100,000 trade union bosses

02.07.10
Union leaders are living in “well-paid luxury” with six-figure pay and perks packages, TaxPayers' Alliance campaign group claims... more

£5bn cuts just the beginning as Danny Alexander finds new black hole

17.06.10
Spending slashed on billions of pounds worth of projects from Stonehenge to hospitals and jobs schemes in a grim taste of the cuts to come... more

Spin doctor paid £15,000 more than commander of British forces in Afghanistan

16.06.10
Council spin doctor is to be paid £15,000 more than a commander of the British forces in Afghanistan... more

Pay cap on public sector fat cats ‘will only hit a handful’

09.04.10
Tory leader David Cameron's plans to cap public sector pay came under fire after doubts were raised over how many senior managers in London would have their salary cut... more

Baroness to escape charges on £98,000 expenses because of loophole

12.03.10
Labour baroness escapes prosecution over her expenses because of a legal loophole that lets peers claim their 'main residence' is a home they visit only once a month... more

Anger as 65,000 ex-pats claim winter fuel payments

16.02.10
Nearly 65,000 Britons living in European countries including Spain, Portugal and Greece are receiving state-funded winter fuel payments designed to help them cope with cold weather... more

300,000 homes get £20,000 in welfare benefits

12.11.09
More than 300,000 families receive welfare benefits of more than £20,000 a year, latest figures reveal... more

London councillors' 20% pay rise in three years

20.10.09
Councillors in London have voted themselves 20 per cent pay rises since being elected, figures reveal... more

Call for £50bn public spending cut to ease UK debt crisis

11.09.09
Plans to tackle the UK's debt 'crisis' by saving £50 billion of public spending through measures such as a pay freeze on the state pension have been put forward... more

...and GPs rake in £300,000

04.08.09
Doctors in London and the South East today came under fire over 'jaw-dropping' salaries of more than £300,000 a year... more

MP expenses chiefs' pay rises emerge

04.08.09
Official who ran the House of Commons fees office which administered the discredited MPs' expenses system was awarded a pay rise worth around 8% last year... more

Huge pay rises for Commons officials in expenses scandal

03.08.09
The House of Commons has awarded double-digit pay rises to senior officials, including some who oversaw the expenses scandals... more

Emission zone signs on the capital's roads to nowhere

03.08.09
Almost a third of the Low Emission Zone signs around London have been put up on "roads to nowhere"... more

Credit crisis lawyers cost taxpayer £23m

24.06.09
City law firm Slaughter and May was paid more than £22million by the Treasury last year for legal advice on the financial crisis.... more

Labour support slumps to 22% as voters show fury

15.05.09
Labour's support was in meltdown as a new poll showed the party had slumped to a record low of 22 per cent... more

Top Labour and Tory MPs are first victims in expenses scandal

14.05.09
Former minister suspended in day of panic-induced scalpings at Westminster which also saw a Tory MP resign as aide to David Cameron and two peers publicly disgraced... more

£1.4m five-star trips for globetrotting MPs

07.04.09
Backbench MPs racked up almost £1.4 million of free trips last year with a further £1million of excursions already booked this year... more

Hosting G20 summit 'will cost taxpayers £80million'

02.04.09
Hosting the G20 summit will cost Britain's economy £80million, more than four times the Government's official estimate... more

London's £10 billion pensions timebomb

24.03.09
A pension funding shortfall of £10billion threatens local government services in London, the Evening Standard reveals... more

Sleaze row peer claims £400,000 just in expenses

27.01.09
One of the peers at the centre of corruption allegations has claimed nearly £400,000 of taxpayers' money in expenses, the Standard can reveal... more

Whitehall's £320,000 bill for TVs, stereos and DVD players

30.12.08
More than £320,000 of taxpayers' money has been spent on flat-screen televisions, hi-fis and DVD players for Whitehall departments, the Standard can reveal... more

Councils spending £65m on public relations in year

12.12.08
Councils in London spend a total of £65million a year on publicity, it was revealed... more

Top earners to pay new 45% income tax rate

24.11.08
Alistair Darling is today expected to announce a higher rate of income tax for top earners as he sets out how he will claw back a multi-billion boost to the shrinking economy... more

'Arrogant' Lloyds to pay bonuses despite bail-out

21.10.08
Lloyds TSB has been accused of arrogance after telling staff they will get bonuses this year despite the government crackdown on rewards at banks receiving taxpayers' money... more

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