As if the Child Support Agency don’t receive enough money from fathers, their employees have been rewarded with a massive share of the £128 million in bonuses that the government has handed out to civil servants last year. The Tories have branded this a ‘money for nothing culture’ and are said to be ‘horrified’ over the figures.

The CSA received £3.7 million in bonuses for its incompetent staff as part of the £36 million given to the Department for Work of Pensions, the same body that lost the personal data records of 25 Million people recently when they POSTED them through Royal Mail.

Tory MP Philip Hammond stated:

Many families finding themselves squeezed between stagnant earnings and soaring living costs will be horrified. With the Government failing on so many fronts, this looks like a ’something for nothing’ culture.

Michael Fallon, part of the Treasury Select Committee, found that the Revenue and Customs department was a pathetic failure.

It appears to be rewarding failure. Complaints about the tax credits system are at the highest level for five years and there has been a considerable deterioration in its VAT service.

Yet senior staff have received on average a 60 per cent increase in bonuses. These payments appear completely unjustified.

It’s good to know where all of our taxes are going isn’t it? Not only is our money being wasted and the people wasting it are incredulously incompetent, but they’re also being financially rewarded for inability to do their jobs.

Clive Bellmore