The UK DOGE FOI Unit has been busy working out how much civil servants and ministers have been spending on private vehicles. Their love of taxis is already well-known…
The operational fleet of the Government Car Service totals 124 vehicles – the GCS charged departments a total of £1.3 million for Labour’s first three months in office and UK DOGE has discovered the costs are up for October to December. £1.43 million at almost £500,000 a month…
In its FOI response the DfT stresses “GCS is by no means the sole service provider of official cars across central Government. Some Government Departments use their own official cars or use private hire contractors/taxis.” The costs are even higher…
At this rate the government will spend £5.5 million operating the GCS’ fleet to cart officials around over 12 months. For that you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”