Indeed, UK households are spending £404 more per year for the same goods and services, forcing budgets to tighten across the country. Against this backdrop, the rash spending of the British government could be argued is even more irresponsible. The Department of Transport (DoT) has been caught recklessly spending several times in the past six months on the likes of Seaborne Freight. Now, a new scandal emerges from an unexpected direction - the U.K. Space Agency and the highly questionable funding of Orbex. To look at the numbers on UKSA spending in 2019 highlights this notion further.

Source: Forbes May 16, 2019 18:56 UTC