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Matthew Elliott RSS feed300,000 homes get £20,000 in welfare benefits
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More than 300,000 families receive welfare benefits of more than £20,000 a year, latest figures reveal2009-11-12T15:37:52ZNHS dentists earn over £200k pa in London
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2009-10-27T10:35:27ZLondon councillors' 20% pay rise in three years
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Councillors in London have voted themselves 20 per cent pay rises since being elected, figures reveal2009-10-20T06:48:23ZSpeaker Bercow backs expenses curbs
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Commons Speaker John Bercow signalled his support for the controversial backdated caps on MPs expenses as a fresh abuse allegation surfaced2009-10-15T06:25:39ZAustralia coach Michael Maguire takes reins at Wigan
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Michael Maguire was named as Wigan's new head coach in succession to Brian Noble2009-10-07T14:07:44ZMPs’ £60,000 jaunt to South Pacific islands
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Group of MPs and peers have enjoyed a trip to the South Pacific at a cost of at least £60,000 to the taxpayer2009-09-25T07:47:01ZCall for £50bn public spending cut to ease UK debt crisis
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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 forward2009-09-11T06:25:10Z£46,000-a-year Olympic role for county not hosting events
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2009-08-25T12:56:38Z...and GPs rake in £300,000
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Doctors in London and the South East today came under fire over 'jaw-dropping' salaries of more than £300,000 a year2009-08-04T08:59:36ZMP expenses chiefs' pay rises emerge
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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 year2009-08-04T06:23:24ZHuge pay rises for Commons officials in expenses scandal
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The House of Commons has awarded double-digit pay rises to senior officials, including some who oversaw the expenses scandals2009-08-03T13:17:05ZEmission zone signs on the capital's roads to nowhere
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Almost a third of the Low Emission Zone signs around London have been put up on "roads to nowhere"2009-08-03T07:30:04ZCredit crisis lawyers cost taxpayer £23m
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City law firm Slaughter and May was paid more than £22million by the Treasury last year for legal advice on the financial crisis.2009-06-24T13:18:45ZCouncil exec's £500k after ‘falling out with leader’
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A council chief executive is to walk away with a £500,000 pay-off after being forced out over a personality clash2009-06-22T08:06:12ZLabour support slumps to 22% as voters show fury
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Labour's support was in meltdown as a new poll showed the party had slumped to a record low of 22 per cent2009-05-15T08:41:55ZTop Labour and Tory MPs are first victims in expenses scandal
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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 disgraced2009-05-14T08:38:28ZEx-minister pays the price for ghost mortgage
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Former minister Elliot Morley was suspended as a Labour MP after it emerged he claimed £16,000 for a mortgage that did not exist2009-05-14T06:27:50Z£1.4m five-star trips for globetrotting MPs
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Backbench MPs racked up almost £1.4 million of free trips last year with a further £1million of excursions already booked this year2009-04-07T08:38:25ZHosting G20 summit 'will cost taxpayers £80million'
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Hosting the G20 summit will cost Britain's economy £80million, more than four times the Government's official estimate2009-04-02T08:24:39ZLondon's £10 billion pensions timebomb
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A pension funding shortfall of £10billion threatens local government services in London, the Evening Standard reveals2009-03-24T09:34:32ZSleaze row peer claims £400,000 just in expenses
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One of the peers at the centre of corruption allegations has claimed nearly £400,000 of taxpayers' money in expenses, the Standard can reveal2009-01-27T14:50:26ZSix-figure salaries for almost 400 London town hall workers
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Almost 400 council workers in London earned more than £100,000 last year, an Evening Standard investigation has found2009-01-13T09:14:59ZWhitehall's £320,000 bill for TVs, stereos and DVD players
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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 reveal2008-12-30T08:38:05ZCouncils spending £65m on public relations in year
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Councils in London spend a total of £65million a year on publicity, it was revealed2008-12-12T08:33:56ZInequality at the Equalities Office as Harman's staff get paid £12,000 more
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Harriet Harman has come under fire after it emerged that her department spent £3 out of £4 on administration in its first six months2008-12-05T10:12:29ZTop earners to pay new 45% income tax rate
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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 economy2008-11-24T08:20:02Z'Arrogant' Lloyds to pay bonuses despite bail-out
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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' money2008-10-21T13:27:21Z2012 bosses pick up £1.7m bonuses despite cost rises
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Olympics chiefs came under fire today for paying themselves "staggering" bonuses of £1.7 million in the past year2008-07-21T15:12:28ZTaxpayers could pick up bill for MPs' free cars
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MPs may get free cars courtesy of the taxpayer after some claimed they were unable to cover their vehicle costs at the current expense rate2008-07-02T15:08:59ZCrunch, what crunch? MPs ask for 21% rise
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MPs were today revealed to be asking for a 21 per cent pay rise - worth £13,1802008-06-17T13:24:01Z