Dossier reveals lavish spending on government debit cards
The government procurement cards are used to cover spending by civil servants.Taxpayers’ money has been used to fund five-star hotels for ministers “living the high life” on overseas trips,, spent £3,217 on accommodation at the five-star Hotel Danieli in Venice, and £1,361 at the four-star Hotel Bonvecchiati, for the then chancellor and 11 other government representatives at a G20 meeting.
“A Labour government will get tough on waste, with an Office of Value for Money upholding transparency and high standards for all public spending, including on government procurement cards.” around the Finance Day addressed by then chancellor Mr Sunak on November 3 2021, claiming that no government cars were available.In May 2022 then home secretary Priti Patel and an aide spent a combined total of £823 on two return train tickets to Stoke, described in the Home Office’s accompanying GPC transparency data as necessary expenditure for “urgent ministerial meetings”, even though it was a scheduled Cabinet away day.
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