British taxpayers’ money is allegedly being provided to individuals claiming to be former people smugglers in Africa as part of a European Union aid project. The investigation, conducted by BBC Panorama, revealed that the funds are being distributed in Niger with the aim of encouraging former criminals involved in smuggling networks through Libya to transition into legal enterprises. This initiative... 

Lax legislation allows foreigners who have never paid taxes in Britain to access medical care in their own countries at the expense of the National Health Service (NHS), an investigation has found. The Daily Mail investigation, which was published on Monday, revealed that foreign nationals who claim to be living in Britain are obtaining free European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) and charging the... 

Immigrants who came to live in Britain from outside Europe cost the public purse nearly £120 billion over 17 years, a new report has shown. The major academic study also found, however, that recent immigration from Europe, driven by the surge in arrivals from eastern European, gave the economy a £4.4 billion boost over the same period. Experts from University College London also said native Britons... 

Britain’s military involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost UK taxpayers almost £30 billion, a think tank says. In a book published on Tuesday, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) said that the UK’s contribution to the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was £19.59 and £9.56 billion respectively. The think tank described the invasions as “strategic failures” despite... 

Britain’s HS2 railway In what amounts to an abuse of democracy, lobbyists are being used to put the case for an absurd project few really want. The government’s project for a new high-speed railway from Birmingham to London Euston is entering a critical phase. This has nothing to do with trains but everything to do with tribes. Last week there were unconfirmed reports that the government... 

British military vehicles are parked in a compound in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. An independent study has found that the UK military’s presence in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where most British troops are based, has cost the country more than 37 billion pounds so far, local media reported. The author of the damning study entitled “Investment in Blood” said failing, bloody campaign... 

The Conservative Party has announced it intends to dish out British taxpayers’ money with ‘vouchers’ while the Labour Party has announced that it wants to give away an additional £1 billion to selected Third World countries. The Tories want to pay for private schools in India – at the same time that the Indian government has spent nearly £2 billion buying tanks and its second aircraft...