Govt Waste....
Who's a pretty wasteful prime minister, then? - Sunday Times - Times Online
A forthcoming book will reveal the chancellor’s stewardship of the economy has resulted in an unprecedented squandering of public money.
Few countries can rival Britain’s versatility in this respect, according to Matthew Elliott, co-author of The Bumper Book of Government Waste. “Added together, they come to £82 billion of wasteful and useless spending,” says Elliott, who is chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance. “That’s more than the annual turnover of many east European countries, or more than £4,000 per family in Britain.”