Civil servants are defying their own advice by spending hundreds of thousands on pricey external venues. Who would’ve thought…
Co-conspirators may remember then-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden declaring a war on wasteful spending in April and introducing new rules from the Cabinet Office banning outside venue hire unless there were no other options available or they were free. McFadders said at the time: “By cutting wasteful spending we can target resources at frontline public services with more teachers, extra hospital appointments and police back on the beat.“ One group of mandarins that hasn’t got the memo is – the Cabinet Office…
Answers to a written parliamentary question reveal that Cabinet Office civil servants spent a whopping £204,000 on external venue hire since that new guidance was issued on 4 April. And that’s not counting hearings for the Infected Blood inquiry and Civil Service Live events which have to go on anyway…
The figure from the election to the new guidance’s introduction is £1,364,222 – through the roof. If civil servants want to do their staff training days at Guido Towers they can do so for free – the guitar might come out though…
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