Hard-pressed civil servants have spent an eye-watering £1,091,314 on standing desks in the last three years, according to the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Taxpayers bending backwards to prop up that bill…
A whopping £113,016 of that was on standing desks for pen-pushers working from home. Leading the charge was DCMS, which spent £220,536, followed by the Transport Department with £182,899. Defra, DCMS and the Treasury spent a combined £343,128. Callum of the TPA said:
“With the tax burden at record highs, every penny should be spent on essential services, not on upgrading the home offices of a bloated bureaucracy. It’s time to stop the waste and start respecting the people who pay the bills.”
Anything to avoid the office…
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.”