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The National Lottery Bill 2006 // It has always been a central tenet of the National Lottery that spending on good causes from Lottery funding should be additional to, rather than a replacement for, government funding. The 1992 White Paper which proposed the Lottery stated that it would fund projects which would not otherwise be funded through general...
12:03 Sat 26th Jul 2014
This should surely come as no surprise.
Whenever "government" money (aka taxpayers' dosh) is there for the taking people will be there to take it. There is often very little, if any, control over how it is spent and by the time it has been discovered to have been misappropriated the beneficiaries have long gone.
Neither this government nor any other will bring public debt down whilst money is splashed about on unnecessary "projects" like this. I'm not fussed about lottery money being misused as those contributing to it have a choice whether to contribute or not, but too much taxpayers' money is squandered on worthless nonsense.
Whenever "government" money (aka taxpayers' dosh) is there for the taking people will be there to take it. There is often very little, if any, control over how it is spent and by the time it has been discovered to have been misappropriated the beneficiaries have long gone.
Neither this government nor any other will bring public debt down whilst money is splashed about on unnecessary "projects" like this. I'm not fussed about lottery money being misused as those contributing to it have a choice whether to contribute or not, but too much taxpayers' money is squandered on worthless nonsense.
Not entirely:
"...the Charity Commission is also looking into allegations that some of the “restricted funds” given by the Cabinet Office for a childhood obesity project were transferred to pay down the deficit of a linked company. It is also investigating payments made by the charity “for consultancy services” to two directors of the charity and its chair, Martyn Rose."
"A project called Get In – to tackle childhood obesity through sport. In April 2012 it was awarded a grant of £299,800 from the Cabinet Office despite officials concluding it was unlikely to meet its stated objectives. They were told to change their selection criteria and approve the grant. The project was never even launched." (so what happened to the £300k?)
"...the Charity Commission is also looking into allegations that some of the “restricted funds” given by the Cabinet Office for a childhood obesity project were transferred to pay down the deficit of a linked company. It is also investigating payments made by the charity “for consultancy services” to two directors of the charity and its chair, Martyn Rose."
"A project called Get In – to tackle childhood obesity through sport. In April 2012 it was awarded a grant of £299,800 from the Cabinet Office despite officials concluding it was unlikely to meet its stated objectives. They were told to change their selection criteria and approve the grant. The project was never even launched." (so what happened to the £300k?)
// Whenever "government" money (aka taxpayers' dosh) is there for the taking people will be there to take it //
It is worse than that. The money they used was from the National Lottery which is not supposed to be used for political or Government projects. It is supposed to be used for heritage, Arts, Sports which are apolitical.
The Chancellor has taken £837million in tax from lottery ticket sales, which could have been used for funding Government Policy. Instead, they seem to have misappropriated money intended for genuine charities, and diverted it to their bogus organisation.
It is worse than that. The money they used was from the National Lottery which is not supposed to be used for political or Government projects. It is supposed to be used for heritage, Arts, Sports which are apolitical.
The Chancellor has taken £837million in tax from lottery ticket sales, which could have been used for funding Government Policy. Instead, they seem to have misappropriated money intended for genuine charities, and diverted it to their bogus organisation.
The National Lottery Bill 2006
// It has always been a central tenet of the National Lottery that spending on good causes from Lottery funding should be additional to, rather than a replacement for, government funding. The 1992 White Paper which proposed the Lottery stated that it would fund projects which would not otherwise be funded through general taxation, and should not be a substitute for existing expenditure programmes under the control of the Exchequer. //
It seems a line has been crossed.
// It has always been a central tenet of the National Lottery that spending on good causes from Lottery funding should be additional to, rather than a replacement for, government funding. The 1992 White Paper which proposed the Lottery stated that it would fund projects which would not otherwise be funded through general taxation, and should not be a substitute for existing expenditure programmes under the control of the Exchequer. //
It seems a line has been crossed.
New Judge,
As per your first post, there is an expectation that tax payers money will fund things which are little more than the Government's vanity projects.
People go on the lottery knowing that if they lose, some of the money goes to charities in all our communities. I find it more shocking they have diverted funds for good causes to prop up a pie in the sky Cameron vanity project.
As per your first post, there is an expectation that tax payers money will fund things which are little more than the Government's vanity projects.
People go on the lottery knowing that if they lose, some of the money goes to charities in all our communities. I find it more shocking they have diverted funds for good causes to prop up a pie in the sky Cameron vanity project.
Yes I quite agree with all of that Gromit.
The trouble is that as soon as politicians (of any persuasion) see a pot of money over which they may be able to exercise control it is inevitable that they will not be able to keep their grubby mitts off it for too long. They are addicted to spending other people's dosh, whatever its origin. In the same way that drug addicts are addicted to heroin it's simply what they do.
The Lottery should have been devised so that no politician had any say in the distribution of any of its proceeds or had any say in the appointment of those who do. The Exchequer already gets a (completely unjustified) 12% of the proceeds and that should be more than enough.
The trouble is that as soon as politicians (of any persuasion) see a pot of money over which they may be able to exercise control it is inevitable that they will not be able to keep their grubby mitts off it for too long. They are addicted to spending other people's dosh, whatever its origin. In the same way that drug addicts are addicted to heroin it's simply what they do.
The Lottery should have been devised so that no politician had any say in the distribution of any of its proceeds or had any say in the appointment of those who do. The Exchequer already gets a (completely unjustified) 12% of the proceeds and that should be more than enough.
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