taxpayer

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The decisions on where to deploy taxpayer money are made independently by bodies staffed with people with venture-capital experience, but the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Business Secretary said the government was prepared to make bigger investments of taxpayer money in promising companies and create a cross-government concierge service to help companies get the skills, finance and support they need.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"Our police department spent a lot of time training and we paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy," the mayor said, according to Fox8.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

But you could argue most of the money was effectively stolen from the uncle rather than the taxpayer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

But Robert and Kyle threatened to call the fire department because it was a waste of water and taxpayer money, they said.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi