UK Politburo: You pay for us to play!!!

A catalogue of excess spending on Government credit cards has emerged in recent weeks. Everything from a limousine tour of California to Apple iPads and luxury hotel rooms has been paid for on the procurement cards. And when civil servants are not flashing the plastic, their town hall colleagues milk the taxpayer-funded perk to pay for high-end international trips.

The Houses of Parliament Thieves  

Last year alone, Government departments ran up £25 million in credit card bills on first-class flights, five-star hotels, exclusive restaurants and shopping sprees.

Despite orders to tighten their belts and cut budgets, civil servants spent more than £370,000 on food. Golf, theatre trips and other leisure activities soaked up another £117,000. Almost £3 million went on travel, half of it on plush hotels in exotic locations in countries including Mexico, Indonesia and Dubai. There are more than 140,000 procurement cards in use across Government departments and quangos.

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