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Billions squandered by Home Office!

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DaisyAnneReturns Mon 27-Oct-25 08:22:11

Hopefully, (but not likely) we will look again a FPTP and the two party system it leads to.

Inequality is so rife now you would think change might happen ... oh, but first we have to sort out what the last lot did - and why Reform, which is not a party but a company, is allowed to have MPs!

Can we have our democracy back please?

fancythat Mon 27-Oct-25 08:20:42

Visgir1

Well another front page headline about the civil service incompetence let's face it this has been going on for decades, it not just the lone politicians who made these decisions it's the experience Civil servants. Until we start calling out the civil service nothing will change.
Are the Tories finished.. No
I think the Labour Party might be finished if they don't get a hold on this.

I wouldnt mind a thread started about the civil service.
My knowledge about them is almost nil.

fancythat Mon 27-Oct-25 08:19:30

Tories and Labour all waste money.
Millions and Billions.

I wrote a thread or comments about a £100 million bat tunnel.
Most posters didnt care in the slightest,

Guess what? Now we get taxrd more. All of us.
I dont have sympathy for some people with that.

I do wonder sometimes what is the figure of wastage the Joe public are not happy about.
10 Billion?
100 Billion?

Visgir1 Mon 27-Oct-25 08:17:16

Well another front page headline about the civil service incompetence let's face it this has been going on for decades, it not just the lone politicians who made these decisions it's the experience Civil servants. Until we start calling out the civil service nothing will change.
Are the Tories finished.. No
I think the Labour Party might be finished if they don't get a hold on this.

Oreo Mon 27-Oct-25 08:14:57

I believe that there’s waste and accountability problems with any government alongside incompetence, some we hear about and some that never sees the light of day, it’s beyond depressing.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 27-Oct-25 08:14:24

I think corruption, lies and lack of accountability finally saw them off, but it started over a decade ago by cuts to public services, cuts to our standard of living, and the widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

Labour needs to think seriously about that.

Judging by reform’s record in the councils, it would be suicide to vote then into power!

I notice that the Greens have doubled their membership.

escaped Mon 27-Oct-25 08:06:08

I hope not, but then I would say that.
However, I do believe the Tories messed up and it will take a long time for people's trust to return.
I can barely remember the names mentioned above in the OP. That's part of the trouble - when ministers, (and Prime Ministers), come and go every five minutes and none have much of a clue.

keepingquiet Mon 27-Oct-25 07:58:45

I hope so- but Reform may be the new Tory party so we have to watch out!

foxie48 Mon 27-Oct-25 07:49:25

There were three home office ministers in the period 2018-2019 Rudd, Javid and Pate. Is it any wonder that the contracts signed with contractors for housing migrants have cost the tax payer billions of pounds more than it should. We are still paying extortionate costs because of the incompetence of the last governments. Money that properly used could have helped improve the NHS, schools etc. What a disgrace! This post is not intended to be about migration or asylum seekers, we have lots of threads about these issues. What do you feel about the waste and lack of accountability of the last government? Do you think it's finished the Tories?