06.01.11
Scrutinising Government
Bureau shows public sector pay and town hall spending ballooned under Labour.
05.01.11
More than 9,000 public sector workers earn more than the Prime Minister.
24.12.10
Following an investigation by the Bureau, the Electoral Commission reaches decision regarding Zac Goldsmith’s election expenses.
23.12.10
Citizenship Revoked
CIA set up Wikileaks Task Force – pithily known in intelligence circles as WTF – to assess impact of leaked information
20.12.10
Health
New scandal at Stafford Hospital more than a year after a damning report into standards of care.
02.12.10
Europe Under Scrutiny
World’s most profitable tobacco companies receive grants from EU Structural Funds.
01.12.10
Will Hutton’s report: can we afford six figure salaries to our public sector bosses?
29.11.10
Only 10% EU Structural Funding paid out sue to concerns over the program’s administration.
The Bureau and Financial Times reveal the waste and fraud in Europe’s structural funds.
Whistleblowing website, Wikileaks has published thousands of diplomatic cables that give an insight into American foreign concerns.
Access the database to find out where every penny goes.
Public spending cuts and changes to government bodies puts aid at risk.
Italian company with links to Eurocrats investigated over use of EU funding, but with little result.
EU subsidies wrongly allocated to companies relocating from western to eastern Europe.
More than €700m euros lost to fraud and waste in 2009 alone.
Bulgaria and the UK at the bottom of the Bureau’s Transparency Index.
Beneficiaries of the EU’s flagship regional development program include corporations.
24.11.10
The EU gives out €347bn of taxpayers’ money across 271 regions and 27 countries.
08.11.10
Bureau’s investigation reveals huge shortcomings in councils’ FOI teams.
03.11.10
Councils spend millions on pay-offs, the Bureau reveals. The early termination of staff contracts has cost councils nearly £50m over the last three years.
