Government official blew more than £6,000 on luxury chocolate on taxpayer-funded credit card

Government official blew more than £6,000 in a day on luxury chocolate on taxpayer-funded credit card at department in charge of Freedom of Information Payment was made on a single day and saw £6,248.40 spent at Hotel Chocolat  The unnamed official used a corporate credit card to buy the luxury chocolate  Card belonged to the … Read more

Government official blew more than £6,000 on luxury chocolate on taxpayer-funded credit card

Government official blew more than £6,000 in a day on luxury chocolate on taxpayer-funded credit card at department in charge of Freedom of Information Payment was made on a single day and saw £6,248.40 spent at Hotel Chocolat  The unnamed official used a corporate credit card to buy the luxury chocolate  Card belonged to the … Read more

BBC blew £1m in legal battles fighting discrimination and equal pay cases

BBC blew £1m in legal battles fighting discrimination and equal pay cases brought by its own staff, figures reveal BBC spent more than £1million fighting equal pay and race discrimination cases  Figure given in letter to Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee  Committee chairman Julian Knight described the BBC’s spend as ‘unbelievable’ By Paul Revoir For … Read more

Vanessa Kirby reveals she ‘blew a kiss’ to the woman she watched give birth for role

‘I blew her a kiss and felt like such an idiot’: Vanessa Kirby reveals her amusing reaction while watching a woman give birth as she prepared for Pieces Of A Woman role By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 13:04 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 13:04 GMT, 18 December 2020 Vanessa Kirby revealed her embarrassment … Read more

Rio Tinto ordered to rebuild two Aboriginal rock shelters it blew up

Rio Tinto ordered to rebuild the two Aboriginal rock shelters it blew up in and pay compensation By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 December 2020 Australian politicians slammed Rio Tinto’s ‘inexcusable’ destruction of two 46,000-year-old rock shelters in Western Australia Rio Tinto has … Read more

BBC blew £350,000 of licence-fee payers’ cash on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays

The BBC has been slammed for blowing an eye-watering £350,000 on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays in the last five years alone, figures have revealed.  The broadcaster spent more than £273,000 on 5,455 train tickets, £64,800 on 600 hotel rooms and £25,000 on 1,631 taxi journeys – all of which were unused by its globetrotting staff. The BBC … Read more

MoD wastes £450million in ONE YEAR: Defence officials blew a fortune on scrapped projects

MoD wastes £450million in ONE YEAR: Defence officials blew a fortune on scrapped projects and accountancy blunders, report reveals Ministry of Defence lost more than £800,000 to VAT error in ‘fruitless payment’ £231million was wasted as a result of scrapping hundreds of armoured carriers  New figures show £450million was wasted by defence officials last year alone  … Read more

Windfarm farce blew £1.4billion of taxpayer’s money

A botched green scheme is paying wind turbine owners seven times the value of the electricity they generate – and it is set to cost UK consumers an estimated £1.4billion.  The Daily Mail can reveal the eyewatering fiasco in the week Boris Johnson declared that wind power was the future for the nation’s energy generation. … Read more

Manchester cleaner blew £31,000 after shop staff accidentally transferred £90,000 into her bank

Comfort Konadu, 52, had returned a £9 item to a charity shop but it is believed staff added five noughts while entering the electronic credit note into the till A cleaner blew £31,000 after bungling shop staff accidentally transferred more than £90,000 into her bank account. Comfort Konadu, 52, had returned a £9 item to a … Read more

How Johnny Depp blew his half billion bounty: Star bought £25,000 of wine every month

Depp explained to the court in London that he had been late to Amber Heard’s 30th birthday party as he was having an important meeting with his advisers. The pair are pictured above in 2011 There has been no shortage of jaw-dropping revelations during the Johnny Depp libel trial.  One disclosure, however, really is a … Read more