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How £50bn goes down the drain

£9bn
Public services running costs have risen by 10.2%, but output is up by only 1.7%. Closing the gap saves £9bn.

£6.5bn
Axing the entire Department of Trade and Industry, which is accused of doing little other than hindering business, would save £6.5bn.

£4.1bn
The cost of Whitehall's ever-increasing bureaucracy has soared. The TaxPayers' Alliance says checking the spending will save £4.1bn.

£3.2bn
Massive benefit fraud was exposed in a shock report by the National Audit Office. Stopping the cheats, plus errors, would save £3.2bn.

£2.5bn
The Rail Regulator found that Network Rail spent £1bn on work it "did not need to do" and completely wasted another £1.5bn.

£1.8bn
A minimum £1.8bn of our contribution to the EU's Common Agricultural Policy bails out farmers in France and other Euro nations.

£1.7bn
Writing off failed projects, including radar, and bungled communication and computer systems, costs the Ministry of Defence £1.7bn.

£1.7bn
Reducing sickies by public sector workers, who take off 50% more time than private sector staff, will save £1.7bn.

£1.2bn
A growing army of Government inspectors and regulators cost us £12bn last year. This could easily be cut by £1.2bn.

£1.1bn
Axe many of the duties of local education authorities now that money goes straight to schools, a simple saving of £1.1bn.

£1bn
The Health Department says the cost of illnesses and infections caught IN hospital is £1bn. Better hygiene would save that cash.

£200m
At least 100,000 foreign "health tourists" cost the NHS a massive amount. Simple measures could save at least £200m.

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