DESNZ civil servants have spent an eye-watering £88,947 on gift vouchers since January this year to June. No need to tighten the purse strings when it’s other people’s money…
Government figures reveal that in the first six months of this year, pen-pushers splashed thousands using their taxpayer-funded credit cards (GPCs) on gift voucher company “Appreciate Group plc”. The firm offers “Love2shop Gift Card, a pre-paid gift card; Love2shop Gift Voucher, a multi-retailer voucher; Love2shop Holidays.” Retail therapy after being dragged to the office three days a week…
For that you could:
- Buy 59 gas boilers.
- Hire 2 new nuclear engineers. With cash to spare…
- Buy 3 all-electric Mini Coopers.
£64,485 of this was spent after Labour’s so-called “immediate freeze” on GPCs. The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
