Every time the PM and the Foreign Secretary step abroad there is more money for a foreign country. Meanwhile at home the arrival of thousands of extra migrants adds to the costs of housing and looking after them. Here is  some of the extra spending this government has done that is annoying many taxpayers. It…

Every time the PM and the Foreign Secretary step abroad there is more money for a foreign country. Meanwhile at home the arrival of thousands of extra migrants adds to the costs of housing and looking after them. Here is  some of the extra spending this government has done that is annoying many taxpayers. It explains why this government has created a budget crisis for itself.

1. Money to Mauritius for Chagos give away. 100 years of planned spending, starting at £101 m a year but rising.   Say £20bn
2. Money to Singapore for energy transition  £70 m
3. Grants to home and foreign car makers to subsidise battery cars  £650 m
4. Other subsidies and grants for battery vehicles and chargers   £3.85 bn
5. Costs of illegal migrants and asylum seekers £5m a day or £1.8bn a year
6. Extra money to France to police their border – no figure given on top of £480 m past payments
7. Unspecified open ended costs of Scunthorpe steel, said to be £700,000 a day of losses, to come out of a general £2.5bn steel investment fund
8.  Increasing government administration budget by £154 m 2026-7 over 2025-26
9. HS 2 overruns  now saying a total Phase One to Birmingham cost of up to £80 bn  (original 2009 budget for whole railway £37.5bn)
10. Gift of fish to EU worth around £12 bn over next twelve years

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