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Sunday, Nov 9

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Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell lands taxpayers with £134k expenses bill for second home

www.scotsman.com

Details of the bill come just days after the Chief Constable asked for an extra £140 million from the Scottish government.

12

Migrant helpline advising on issues including how to fix kettles is part of £120million call centre funded by the taxpayer

www.dailymail.co.uk

Operators at the call centre, run by charity Migrant Help, are being told to record every call concerning a broken item - no matter how minor.

03

Return to the office? Public sector splurges nearly £1.3million of taxpayers' cash on WFH equipment

www.dailymail.co.uk

A Mail on Sunday investigation lays bare the outlay on desks, office chairs and IT equipment for public sector workers still reaping the benefits of hybrid working brought in during the pandemic.

Saturday, Nov 8

20

Scotland's Chief Constable lands taxpayers with £134,000 expenses bill to help pay for her second home

www.dailymail.co.uk

Scotland's Chief Constable Jo Farrell has landed taxpayers with an eye-watering £134,000 bill to help her buy a second home, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

19

Labour's dismal failure to grip spiralling benefits bill 'could cost taxpayers £700 each'

www.express.co.uk

'Abandoning proper welfare reform while costs surge is a political choice with a £27billion bill attached'

16

Number of top-rate taxpayers hits record 1 million due to frozen bands

www.express.co.uk

The 45% top rate of tax was introduced by the Tories in 2013 with a threshold of £150,000

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HMRC set to send bill to all taxpayers for £377 after November

The warning comes as Labour Party Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her Autumn Budget on November 26, 2025.

Friday, Nov 7

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NYC’s MET museum to get whopping $25M taxpayer-funded LED lighting upgrade

nypost.com

The world-renowned Upper East Side museum is set to get nearly 20,000 “state-of-the-art sustainable” LED light fixtures across its 324 galleries.

17

Fury at 'outrageous hit job' on British taxpayers as Brussels 'demands UK pays into EU budget' for first time since Brexit under Starmer's 'reset'

www.dailymail.co.uk

The Prime Minister and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen struck a new agreement in May that Sir Keir claimed would 'move on' from past spats.

16

Sadiq Khan splurged £2million of taxpayers' cash on 'divisive race and gender scheme'

www.express.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Sadiq Khan spent more than £2million on a race and gender scheme while City Hall warned staff of possible job cuts.

14

France hits UK taxpayers with £132k fence to stop migrants bothering locals

www.express.co.uk

Residents have complained about the rowdy behaviour of migrants living in makeshift camps close to their homes.

10

FIRS Reports Progress as Large Taxpayers Begin Live Transmission of E-Invoices

Agency urges remaining taxpayers to comply with November 1 e-invoicing deadline to boost transparency and tax compliance…. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has confirmed that many large taxpayers have successfully integrated their…

09

Government claws back just £74m from excessive profits made by firms running asylum accommodation - a tiny fraction of the £2.1bn annual bill to taxpayers

www.dailymail.co.uk

The Home Office has recovered £74m from the companies that have contracted to house roughly 32,000 illegal migrants in more than 200 hotels.

03

Migrant wanted for child sex offences in Germany was given taxpayer-funded accommodation at a hotel in upmarket village after claiming asylum

www.dailymail.co.uk

Izalden Alshaik Suleman - understood to be a convicted paedophile - was arrested last month at the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Hale, Greater Manchester.

Thursday, Nov 6

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Aussie taxpayers slugged with record $250billion bill as 'out of control' spending sparks inflation warning

www.dailymail.co.uk

New data has raised concerns that spending by the Albanese Government is 'out of control', as a record wage bill reaches a staggering $250million.

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OPINION - Gambler Reeves to put billions more of taxpayers’ cash on red as she struggles to make Budget numbers add up

www.standard.co.uk

The Chancellor has signalled that she is ready to drive a coach and horses through Labour’s manifesto