LABOUR has looted billions of Pounds from the National Lottery to plug the black hole in its spending plans, a report reveals today.
Ministers have bent the rules by using good causes cash to bail out schools and hospitals.
An inquiry found that £8.5billion has been siphoned off for government projects since Labour won power.
That is enough to buy 390 £1 lotto tickets for every home in Britain.
Labour’s jackpot win includes £2.4billion plundered from the New Opportunities Fund set up in 1998.
The cash has been spent on training teachers to use computers and set up local medical and exercise centres.
Lottery creator Sir John Major last night called for the plundering to stop.
He said: “Since it took power, Labour has diverted Lottery funding into areas that have historically been funded by the Exchequer.”
The report, by the Centre for Policy Studies think tank, says: “The original remit of good causes has been stretched beyond credibility.”
(from DAVID WOODING Whitehall Editor at The Sun)
Friday, January 20, 2006
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