http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Where the money goes en Sun, 31 May 2026 06:44:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=4#post-374419 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:18:37 +0000 the canuck 374419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I were any less surprised by that fact, I'd be dead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=4#post-374379 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:20:51 +0000 chdot 374379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/03/all-billionaires-under-30-have-inherited-their-wealth-research-finds" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/03/all-billionaires-under-30-have-inherited-their-wealth-research-finds</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=4#post-372287 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:02:55 +0000 chdot 372287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>something that fills me with despair is the fact that every tiny policy development process in Scotland requires the most astonishing bureaucratic overhead: for one example, there is a single-use cups advisory group </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mrjamesmack/status/1735611284576469294" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mrjamesmack/status/1735611284576469294</a></p> <p>(It’s true!!!!!</p> <p><a href="https://www.gov.scot/groups/single-use-disposable-cups-charge-advisory-group" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.scot/groups/single-use-disposable-cups-charge-advisory-group</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=4#post-371144 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:34:26 +0000 chdot 371144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has received a 17-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud, accused of failing to declare more than £400m of overseas assets to the UK government. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/12/ex-f1-boss-bernie-ecclestone-pleads-guilty-to-fraud" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/12/ex-f1-boss-bernie-ecclestone-pleads-guilty-to-fraud</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=4#post-370890 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:39:59 +0000 chdot 370890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Ofwat's letter confirming we have already paid water companies all of the money needed to build and operate a properly functioning sewage system. </p> <p>WCs 'certify' annual they've had our money.</p> <p>Q: Where's our money gone, what happened to it, when do we get a refund?</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/feargal_sharkey/status/1708727749618139453" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/feargal_sharkey/status/1708727749618139453</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-370652 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:47:52 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 370652@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds, amir! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-370651 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:47:24 +0000 amir 370651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Panglossian is now my word of the day! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-370628 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:15:41 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 370628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably the finest paragraph of Scottish political commentary I have ever read:</p> <p>"That sends responsibility to a local authority which takes the whole thing into the network of consultants, advisers, agencies and contracts which are at the heart of why Scotland is like a graveyard of governmental projects. It is so difficult to tell the difference between facilitator and leech in this sector it is probably best to assume that everyone is draining more than they should out of the process and into their bank accounts."</p> <p><a href="https://robinmcalpine.org/the-trams-scandal-is-scotlands-future-unless-we-act/" rel="nofollow">https://robinmcalpine.org/the-trams-scandal-is-scotlands-future-unless-we-act/</a></p> <p>In his "solution" though, he has a rather panglossian view of the moral rectitude, logic capability and attention span of your average Scottish punter off the street, I feel... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-368758 Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:32:09 +0000 chdot 368758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Government quietly awards travel firm £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation </p> <p>Exclusive: Fury over astonishing sum to operate barges and run services to house asylum seekers in Britain </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/barge-australia-asylum-contract-travel-b2354578.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/barge-australia-asylum-contract-travel-b2354578.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-366737 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:10:44 +0000 chdot 366737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Breaking Our #FOI to @TranScotland shows repairs to the M8 Woodside Viaducts are predicted to cost upwards of £100million &amp; last until the end of 2024 Why did they not consult Glaswegians to see if we'd rather use funds to @ReplacetheM8 instead?</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/carfreeglasgow/status/1628812178856857600" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/carfreeglasgow/status/1628812178856857600</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-366351 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:00:36 +0000 chdot 366351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/06/ministers-quietly-scrap-limits-on-whitehall-spending-on-consultants" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/06/ministers-quietly-scrap-limits-on-whitehall-spending-on-consultants</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-365594 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:38:58 +0000 Baldcyclist 365594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any spare cash I have at the moment, which it is fair to say is not all that much at the moment is buying crypto.</p> <p>Also, the world of cycling and decentralisation has now come together, sure there is an NFT collection as well you can purchase from...</p> <p><a href="https://bikeclub.io/" rel="nofollow">https://bikeclub.io/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-365593 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:53:33 +0000 chdot 365593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Now – alongside the broader crypto market – the appetite for NFTs is so diminished that a specialized market has sprung up for collectors looking to sell off their once-valuable “digital collectibles” as tax losses to offset their income tax bills.</p> <p>“</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/29/unsellable-worthless-nfts-tax-write-off" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/29/unsellable-worthless-nfts-tax-write-off</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-365448 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 23:24:07 +0000 chdot 365448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Kavanagh’s story is insane. A few years earlier he had been standing on a windswept solar farm in Swindon pitching an investment opportunity to councils desperate for a new source of income. Now he owns a solar empire bought and paid for in large part by the taxpayer and was living the sort of life most of us can only imagine. As well as flying the world in a corporate private jet, he had a 200-acre country estate and a fleet of supercars.</p> <p>This journey, as Kavanagh calls it, was only possible thanks to a series of secretive deals involving more than half a billion pounds of public money and a council in Essex. It poses serious questions for every level of government.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-07-15/his-companies-made-a-deal-for-138m-of-taxpayers-money.-where-has-it-gone" rel="nofollow">https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-07-15/his-companies-made-a-deal-for-138m-of-taxpayers-money.-where-has-it-gone</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-365182 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:18:27 +0000 chdot 365182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/09/revealed-the-full-inside-story-of-the-michelle-mone-ppe-scandal" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/09/revealed-the-full-inside-story-of-the-michelle-mone-ppe-scandal</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-362081 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:25:05 +0000 chdot 362081@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/20/empty-promise-the-fantasy-city-within-a-city-that-turned-into-a-ghost-town" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/20/empty-promise-the-fantasy-city-within-a-city-that-turned-into-a-ghost-town</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-361679 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:38:57 +0000 chdot 361679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/29/ex-education-secretary-gavin-williamson-takes-job-with-education-firm" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/29/ex-education-secretary-gavin-williamson-takes-job-with-education-firm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-361568 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:48:07 +0000 chdot 361568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/dont-blame-workers-for-price-rises-blame-the-profiteers" rel="nofollow">https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/dont-blame-workers-for-price-rises-blame-the-profiteers</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-361362 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:56:29 +0000 chdot 361362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jun/11/record-uk-petrol-price-risks-a-mass-exodus-of-essential-workers" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jun/11/record-uk-petrol-price-risks-a-mass-exodus-of-essential-workers</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-361360 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:04:24 +0000 ejstubbs 361360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doesn't he still get a quarter of a million pa for his <strike>torrent of lies</strike> column in the Torygraph, or did he stop that when he became PM? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-361359 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:41:44 +0000 chdot 361359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>In fact, Johnson’s £155,376 salary puts him in the top 1% of UK earners. His housing, transport and a large part of his living costs are covered by the taxpayer. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/11/boris-johnson-stands-make-millions-after-no-10" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/11/boris-johnson-stands-make-millions-after-no-10</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-358794 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:05:28 +0000 chdot 358794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Last week, for example, the public accounts committee revealed official estimates that the state is unlikely to recoup up to £21bn of Covid business loans in “an unacceptable level of mistakes, waste, loss and openings for fraudsters”. That sum is so enormous it’s beyond counting in the usual currency of nurses, teachers or police officers, but think what damage it could repair. Cuts to due diligence on monitoring contracts is the worst possible value for money, as Rutter warns that reports of unchecked fraud undermine trust in HMRC, when the whole tax edifice relies on people’s willing compliance. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/01/tories-whitehall-farce-civil-service-jacob-rees-mogg" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/01/tories-whitehall-farce-civil-service-jacob-rees-mogg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-358055 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:03:58 +0000 chdot 358055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/20/research-into-johnsons-planned-irish-sea-bridge-cost-taxpayers-900000" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/20/research-into-johnsons-planned-irish-sea-bridge-cost-taxpayers-900000</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356850 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:16:10 +0000 chdot 356850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/almost-500bn-lost-to-tax-abuse-by-firms-and-super-rich-in-2021" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/almost-500bn-lost-to-tax-abuse-by-firms-and-super-rich-in-2021</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356753 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:02:03 +0000 chdot 356753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/12/boris-johnson-holiday-villa-linked-to-zac-goldsmith-firms-accused-of-tax-evasion" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/12/boris-johnson-holiday-villa-linked-to-zac-goldsmith-firms-accused-of-tax-evasion</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356304 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:20:35 +0000 chdot 356304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/30/shell-and-bp-paid-zero-tax-on-north-sea-gas-and-oil-for-three-years" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/30/shell-and-bp-paid-zero-tax-on-north-sea-gas-and-oil-for-three-years</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356182 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:26:04 +0000 chdot 356182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The government could raise an extra £16bn a year if the low tax rates on profits from shares and property were increased and brought back into line with taxes on salaries. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/26/uk-shares-property-capital-gains-tax" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/26/uk-shares-property-capital-gains-tax</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356164 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:46:19 +0000 chdot 356164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/26/owen-paterson-faces-suspension-breaking-lobbying-rules" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/26/owen-paterson-faces-suspension-breaking-lobbying-rules</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-356125 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:55:02 +0000 chdot 356125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/25/millionaires-petition-rishi-sunak-to-introduce-wealth-tax" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/25/millionaires-petition-rishi-sunak-to-introduce-wealth-tax</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2228&page=3#post-355912 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:59:42 +0000 chdot 355912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Chancellor said to be planning to slash corporation tax surcharge from 8% to 3% from April 2023 </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/20/sunak-cut-corporation-tax-surcharge-banks-keep-city-competitive" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/20/sunak-cut-corporation-tax-surcharge-banks-keep-city-competitive</a> </p>