The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation doles out £49m a year on "migrant justice", "gender justice" and "racial justice" programmes, among others. It's just one part of the ecosystem of far Left ghastliness, says Charlotte Gill.
Rachel Reeves is eyeing £6 billion of welfare cuts in the spring Budget. But why cut benefits and winter fuel allowances when you're still funding 'gay porn studies' and 'queer archives', wonders Charlotte Gill.
The Javaad Alipoor Company is a theatre company with a woke "nine-point manifesto that drives everything we do". Inevitably, the Arts Council is stuffing it with taxpayers' cash. Why do we fund this crap?
Huge amounts of Left-wing money pour out of fat trust funds into causes like open borders and climate reparations that oppose the priorities of the British taxpayer. Charlotte Gill does some digging into one of them.
Why are Brits splurging millions each year funding foreign PhD students to do research in such non-critical areas as "the impact of race, class, gender and coloniality in child-centred learning", asks Charlotte Gill.
Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money end up in the coffers of Left-wing think tanks each year, says Charlotte Gill. Isn't it about time we turned the tables and asked: "Who funds you?!"
George Soros appears keen for the UK to rejoin the EU, judging by all the projects he funds. Why, asks Charlotte Gill – and where are the howls from those who complain about Elon Musk's 'foreign interference'?
"You’ll never be wasting our time," reads the Prevent poster. So why did the anti-extremism programme fail to stop the Southport killer, who had been referred to it three times? He's not the only one, says Charlotte Gill.
How do all these illegal immigrants and asylum seekers afford an endless stream of lawyers to confound Government efforts to deport them? Charlotte Gill digs into the murky world of woke NGOs and trust funds.
Ever wondered why Keir Starmer is obsessed with 'missions'? It turns out there's an over-rated economist from the UN, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, flying round the world banging on about them, says Charlotte Gill.
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