Gambling Commission Spends £216,000 Procuring Procurement Cards – Guido Fawkes

Gambling Commission Spends £216,000 Procuring Procurement Cards

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Co-conspirators will recall when Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden announced a bold “crackdown on wasteful spend” by freezing all Government Procurement Cards in March. As Guido noted, that hasn’t been going too well. Taxpayer credit card spending at the Cabinet Office actually increased after the so-called ‘freeze’…

UK DOGE’s The Waste Files has now discovered that the Gambling Commission has awarded a whopping £216,000 four-year contract to Barclays Bank for “the provision of procurement cards”. That’s nearly a quarter of a million taxpayer pounds splashed even before staff at the quango start tapping cards on readers…

For that you could:

• Buy 2,427 British Army Mk7 Helmets.
• Purchase 19 unmarked police cars.
• Hire six teacher.

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