29.11.10
Europe Under Scrutiny
Italian company with links to Eurocrats investigated over use of EU funding, but with little result.
EU subsidies wrongly allocated to companies relocating from western to eastern Europe.
Beneficiaries of the EU’s flagship regional development program include corporations.
24.11.10
The EU gives out €347bn of taxpayers’ money across 271 regions and 27 countries.
03.11.10
Scrutinising Government
Councils spend millions on pay-offs, the Bureau reveals. The early termination of staff contracts has cost councils nearly £50m over the last three years.
Councils spend millions to terminate staff contracts prematurely.
Iraq War Logs
Twelve weeks ago the Bureau of Investigative Journalism was given access to the biggest leak of military documents in history.
02.11.10
Councils pay out thousands to staff in mortgage subsides.
Months lost to long term absence.
Town hall spending has risen by 84% in the past ten years, to over £160bn.
The highest sickness absence rates in local councils.
The town halls that pay for private health.
Councils paid out nearly half a billion pounds on redundancy packages.
Channel 4 News and the Daily Telegraph cover the Bureau’s latest research.
01.11.10
Journalism.co.uk reports on the Bureau’s work on the Iraq war logs.
29.10.10
Find out how much each state gets from EU Structural Funds.
27.10.10
Town halls who losing staff to long term suspensions.
24.09.10
Bureau research sparks debate on BBC’s flagship current affairs programme.
22.09.10
Scotland’s senior public sector workers earn £2,000 higher than English counterparts.
20.09.10
How the Bureau created its database of nearly 40,000 public sector salaries.
