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Scottish Sun
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Taxpayer cash spent on studying whiteness and helping women called ‘witches'
'Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg' TAXPAYERS' cash is being blown on studying whiteness in South America and helping women called 'witches' to sing, a dossier reveals. An investigation found £16.5 million is being spent on 21 'woke' research projects at UK unis. They include almost £85k on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song'. It looks at how singing helps elderly women in South Africa abused for being a 'witch' due to their ageing features. Over £1million has been earmarked for a University of Nottingham project 'decolonising' photos from British Malaya. A further £246k has been put aside for Sheffield University to develop a city tour app exploring 'whiteness' in statues and monuments in Chile. Nearly £783k is being spent by Queen Mary University of London on a scheme looking at 'Military Decarbonisation'. And £379k is going towards a Birkbeck College programme on children's crafting in West Africa. Cash was handed out by quango UK Research and Innovation. They were uncovered by founder of Doge UK Charlotte Gill, who said taxpayers will be 'fuming' to see where their cash goes. She said: 'Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg, with thousands of similar taxpayer-funded grants being awarded under the UKRI - never mind the vast sums spent on the rest of the public sector.' A UKRI spokesperson said: 'International research collaboration is vital to help us tackle global challenges in a complex and interconnected world, improving security and prosperity in the UK and internationally. "Projects are prioritised for funding through independent expert peer review, as set out in the Higher Education and Research Act.' Woke Scottish Government staff demanded POOL & pay rise to return to office for just TWO days a week
The Irish Sun
28-06-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Taxpayer cash spent on studying whiteness and helping women called ‘witches'
TAXPAYERS' cash is being blown on studying whiteness in South America and helping women called 'witches' to sing, a dossier reveals. An investigation found £16.5 million is being spent on 21 'woke' research projects at UK unis. They include almost £85k on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song'. It looks at how singing helps elderly women in South Africa abused for being a 'witch' due to their ageing features. Over £1million has been earmarked for a University of Nottingham project 'decolonising' photos from British Malaya. A further £246k has been put aside for Sheffield University to develop a city tour app exploring 'whiteness' in statues and monuments in Chile. READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN Nearly £783k is being spent by Queen Mary University of London on a scheme looking at 'Military Decarbonisation'. And £379k is going towards a Birkbeck College programme on children's crafting in West Africa. Cash was handed out by quango UK Research and Innovation. They were uncovered by founder of Doge UK Charlotte Gill, who said taxpayers will be 'fuming' to see where their cash goes. Most read in The Sun She said: 'Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg, with thousands of similar taxpayer-funded grants being awarded under the UKRI - never mind the vast sums spent on the rest of the public sector.' A UKRI spokesperson said: 'International research collaboration is vital to help us tackle global challenges in a complex and interconnected world, improving security and prosperity in the UK and internationally. "Projects are prioritised for funding through independent expert peer review, as set out in the Higher Education and Research Act.' Woke Scottish Government staff demanded POOL & pay rise to return to office for just TWO days a week 1 £85k of taxpayers money was spent on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song' Credit: Alamy
The Sun
28-06-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Taxpayer cash spent on studying whiteness and helping women called ‘witches'
TAXPAYERS' cash is being blown on studying whiteness in South America and helping women called 'witches' to sing, a dossier reveals. An investigation found £16.5 million is being spent on 21 'woke' research projects at UK unis. They include almost £85k on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song'. It looks at how singing helps elderly women in South Africa abused for being a 'witch' due to their ageing features. Over £1million has been earmarked for a University of Nottingham project 'decolonising' photos from British Malaya. A further £246k has been put aside for Sheffield University to develop a city tour app exploring 'whiteness' in statues and monuments in Chile. Nearly £783k is being spent by Queen Mary University of London on a scheme looking at 'Military Decarbonisation'. And £379k is going towards a Birkbeck College programme on children's crafting in West Africa. Cash was handed out by quango UK Research and Innovation. They were uncovered by founder of Doge UK Charlotte Gill, who said taxpayers will be 'fuming' to see where their cash goes. She said: 'Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg, with thousands of similar taxpayer-funded grants being awarded under the UKRI - never mind the vast sums spent on the rest of the public sector.' A UKRI spokesperson said: 'International research collaboration is vital to help us tackle global challenges in a complex and interconnected world, improving security and prosperity in the UK and internationally. "Projects are prioritised for funding through independent expert peer review, as set out in the Higher Education and Research Act.'
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Woke waste': The biggest scandal you've never heard of
' Most people know about 'woke' and how it has captured our institutions, but what I've found, through a series of inadvertent rabbit holes, is how much of it we [the taxpayer] are funding. Billions in total.' Charlotte Gill is an investigative journalist who founded and runs Woke Waste, a website that examines taxpayer funded grants to charities and institutions. She describes herself on X as running 'DOGE UK', DOGE being the Elon Musk headed Department of Government Efficiency in Trump's administration. ' There are a lot of government quangos, especially in the arts sector. You've got the Arts Council England, which we give £445 million per year to. It funds the likes of Soho Theatre, giving it just under £2 million, which put on shows like '52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals' and a comedy show where white audience members are encouraged to check their privilege at the door.' She joins Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan on this week's Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above. ' One of the worst areas that would worry taxpayers is the funding going into charities. We think that they're good causes, but a lot of them are lobbying for open borders, with our money. ' I also think there's a bigger danger with NGOs [non-government organisations] generally. Most of them are politically active and Far Left in a way that the Right would never be able to get away with. It's potentially opening up Britain to lots of foreign interference meddling.' Planet Normal, a weekly Telegraph podcast featuring news and views from beyond the bubble. Listen on the audio player above or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your preferred podcast app. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
‘Woke waste': The biggest scandal you've never heard of
' Most people know about 'woke' and how it has captured our institutions, but what I've found, through a series of inadvertent rabbit holes, is how much of it we [the taxpayer] are funding. Billions in total.' Charlotte Gill is an investigative journalist who founded and runs Woke Waste, a website that examines taxpayer funded grants to charities and institutions. She describes herself on X as running 'DOGE UK', DOGE being the Elon Musk headed Department of Government Efficiency in Trump's administration. ' There are a lot of government quangos, especially in the arts sector. You've got the Arts Council England, which we give £445 million per year to. It funds the likes of Soho Theatre, giving it just under £2 million, which put on shows like '52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals' and a comedy show where white audience members are encouraged to check their privilege at the door.' She joins Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan on this week's Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above. ' One of the worst areas that would worry taxpayers is the funding going into charities. We think that they're good causes, but a lot of them are lobbying for open borders, with our money. ' I also think there's a bigger danger with NGOs [non-government organisations] generally. Most of them are politically active and Far Left in a way that the Right would never be able to get away with. It's potentially opening up Britain to lots of foreign interference meddling.'
