Opinion

Britain’s bloated civil service is out of control – taxpayers are paying the price

GB News 31 Aug

United Kingdom

Britain’s bloated civil service is out of control – taxpayers are paying the price — Sources: GB News

There was a time when the British civil service was compared to a Rolls-Royce machine: smooth, discreet and ruthlessly efficient. Today, almost no one can honestly say this is the case. These days, it looks more like a mammoth oil tanker drifting towards disaster, with taxpayers stuck paying for the fuel. New TaxPayers’ Alliance research shows that the civil service has ballooned by a third in jus

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