Expenses

  • NewsAOL

    Government spends more than £350,000 chauffering briefcases around

    The British Government has spent more than £35,000 on chauffering briefcases around... yes, briefcases. HuffPostUK found out that in some cases it cost as much as £125 for the trip between government departments and minister's homes.

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  • LifestyleAOL

    How to develop a household budget

    Sticking to a strict budget can be difficult, especially when it comes to managing your household finances. It's important to make sure you plan ahead and keep lists of the money you have coming in and going out each month. But

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  • NewsAOL

    Major spending mistakes entrepreneurs make

    Small costs can really add up, even when you think that they're helping your business.When first starting out it can often seem that simple things like monthly subscriptions to various services will only serve to help your business, but the

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  • NewsAOL

    John Bercow's visit to Japan cost nearly £10,000

    An official visit to Japan by Commons Speaker John Bercow cost nearly £10,000, according to new figures. Business class flights for Mr Bercow and a staff member were £8,353, while three nights at the five-star Shangri-La Hotel in Tokyo were

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  • NewsAOL

    Government 'spends millions on unneccessary rail fares'

    Government departments have been sharply criticised for paying out millions of pounds for costly flexible "any time" rail tickets rather than cheaper "advance" fares. The National Audit Office (NAO) said that while 99 per

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Top ten dodgiest expenses claims

    A tax firm has revealed that it's not just MPs who are busy dreaming up increasingly strange things to claim on expenses. They conducted research to find the top ten dodgiest expense claims that UK taxpayers had tried to get past the taxman

  • BusinessAOL

    BBC boss spent £120 on cupcakes

    A senior BBC executive spent £120 of public money on cupcakes, according to the latest expenses claims released by the corporation. Head of comedy Shane Allen, who is paid a salary of £207,000, claimed the money back for 48 cakes last