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Edge Hill University and Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts "outed" EDGE Hill University and the
Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA) have been named as 2 of
the UK's least transparent Universities.
A total of 24 institutions have refused to provide details of their bosses' pay
and perks in response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the
University and College Union (UCU).
University Vice Chancellors' pay and perks have long been a source of
frustration for staff and Government Ministers with huge sums of public
money going on healthy salary increases, first class trips around the globe
and other bizarre expenses.
The Union said greater sanctions were needed to ensure institutions, like
Edge Hill and LIPA justified some of the largesse that has embarrassed
higher education in recent years. The Union's call comes as the UK Government
consults on whether or not to exempt Universities from freedom of
information legislation.
The Union will be releasing its latest pay and perks survey, on Thursday, 11
February 2016. ► Anglia Ruskin University Also both the University of Birmingham and Coventry University; avoided answering all questions by deploying exemptions under the FoI Act. Plus, Bath Spa University, the University of Northampton, St Andrews University and the University of the Highlands and Islands; all of whom answered just 1 question! |
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8 arrested in fuel fraud raids
8 men have been arrested and 55,000 litres of fuel seized, as part of an ongoing investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected fuel smuggling fraud worth an estimated £3 million in evaded Tax. HMRC officers searched 1 business and 4 domestic addresses in Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester and St Helens. Simultaneously, in Northern Ireland HMRC and Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland carried out searches of 6 domestic addresses in counties Antrim, Armagh and Down.
Sandra Smith, Assistant Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said:-
"Fuel fraud costs millions of pounds in lost duty every year, meaning
the public lose out on vital funds for essential services, and it creates an
uneven playing field for honest businesses. We will continue to work with
our partners to tackle this fraud and ask anyone with information about this
type of activity to contact the Customs' Hotline on:- 0800 59 5000."
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