Taxman’s Taxpayer-Funded Card Spending Ramps Up After Labour ‘Freeze’ – Guido Fawkes

Taxman’s Taxpayer-Funded Card Spending Ramps Up After Labour ‘Freeze’

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HMRC’s bean-counters may be expert at squeezing ‘working people’ for cash, though they’re far less stingy when it comes to their own spending. When it comes to taxpayer-funded government procurement cards, they’re decidedly more tap-happy…

Co-conspirators will recall Pat McFadden declaring an immediate ‘freeze’ on all GPCs in March to clamp down on spending. Yet, in May civil servants at HMRC racked up a GPC bill of £12,893. That’s more than February’s pre-‘freeze’ total of £12,557. An increase of £336. Good luck getting any of them on the phone to explain that…