Government Incompetence

2 articles

Jan 30, 2026 • via The Telegraph

£4.1 Million Builds a Gateway to Nowhere

Labour's AI Skills Hub promises 10 million trainees but delivers dead links and degree mills

A £4.1m taxpayer-funded portal curates non-existent and irrelevant courses, revealing procurement failures in Labour's tech skills drive. This wastes public money amid urgent AI workforce needs.

Dec 21, 2025 • via the Guardian

HMRC Traps 15,000 Families in Child Benefit Data Fiasco

63% false positives from flawed Home Office travel records

HMRC's anti-fraud crackdown wrongly suspended benefits for 15,000 legitimate parents using unreliable border data. The debacle highlights systemic flaws in welfare enforcement, punishing innocents while real fraud persists.