Government Incompetence

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Labour

£4.1 Million Builds a Gateway to Nowhere

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.

30 Jan 2026 · via The Telegraph

HMRC

HMRC Traps 15,000 Families in Child Benefit Data Fiasco

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.

21 Dec 2025 · via the Guardian