2025-03-30
Apparently, Rachel Reeves has already set up a UK equivalent, the OVfM (Office for value for money).
I'm sure that we are all agog to know more about its amazing successes in closing down all the unnecessary and frankly illegal scams that suck the financial blood out of our taxes, and indeed the Daily Sceptic is I'm sure eager to inform us, so the first project appears to be a leisurely appraisal of ways in which to reduce the costs of procuring short term accommodation, for homeless Brits and asylum seekers.
Now you could excitedly go and read all about it, but there's really no need, because (spoiler alert) the one policy that really might have an impact on the expense to government in providing all this short term accommodation - the reversal of the government policies that cause the influx of new arrivals in the first place - is somehow nowhere to be found ...
Still, I'm sure that those who staff the new department will consider that the extra expense for the taxpayer that will keep then in the style to which they are accustomed will be worthwhile, as it will all add to the reported GDP figures to show how well the economy is doing on their watch.
