In February, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Child Maintenance Group spent £61,314 on their government procurement cards. Back in March, when Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden trumpeted an immediate ‘freeze’ on taxpayer-funded credit card splurging, Guido said it wouldn’t last. In July, well after the vaunted ‘freeze’ they managed to splash £150,386. That’s a 145% increase…
Meanwhile, one million more people are now claiming Universal Credit since Labour came to power, taking the total to 8 million – the highest on record. Add the Whitehall ‘crackdown’ to the list of Labour’s broken promises…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”