Letters From A Tory Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others.

And there was me thinking that the Union Modernisation Fund was the worst of it….
From the Telegraph:
Ministries and Government agencies spent more than £17 million paying staff to carry out “trade union activities” last year.  Some departments are paying staff to work full-time on trade union business and some full-time civil servants spend three days [...]

“The Criminal Records Bureau already struggles, at huge cost, to do its job and this task is more complex and larger. While taxpayers and the people forced to undergo the [Independent Safeguarding Authority's] checks will lose out, the only people to benefit will be the army of bureaucrats needed to attempt the impossible.”
- James Dawkins, [...]

“The welfare state is meant to be a safety net, but in some areas it seems to be growing into an extremely comfortable armchair.”
- Matthew Elliot from the Taxpayers’ Alliance, reacting to the news that a family living on benefits in London is being housed in a seven-bedroom home at a cost to taxpayers of £147,000 a [...]

”It sends out the message that in modern day Britain, if you take personal responsibility you have to pay the price; but if you throw responsibility to the wind, the state will pick up the tab.”
- Mark Wallace from the Taxpayers’ Alliance, reacting to the news that the NHS has paid out more than £3 million [...]