Cabinet Office Splashes £22,000 on Financial Times Subscriptions – Guido Fawkes

Cabinet Office Splashes £22,000 on Financial Times Subscriptions

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While the pen-pushers of Whitehall moan about the horror of gracing their desks a paltry three days a week and continue to give short shrift to any grand pronouncements about spending restraint, the Cabinet Office has found a perk to lure staff back to the office. Civil servants there will be pleased to learn that one of the benefits of life in the Blob is a steady supply of centrist dad reading material…

The department has just awarded a £22,040 contract for Financial Times subscriptions. For that you could:

• Fill 300 potholes.
• Fund 734 GP appointments.
• Pay for 82 ambulance call-outs.

The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…