Elon Musk's DOGE exposes racket ripping off taxpayer in US – it's hurting UK too

Ever since the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it has been common for economists to quip that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. If it was true then, the opposite must have been as well. If the health of our cousins beyond our shores got ruder, so should our prospects.

Whilst the three months old administration has caused some distraction for disturbing the current international order by endeavouring to rebalance trade, a real revolution in governance is taking place. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, the eclectic entrepreneur, has revealed what most of us suspected: our huge deficits are a function of government-led grift.