Defra Agencies' Credit Card Spending Ramps Up After Labour's 'Freeze'

Defra Agencies' Credit Card Spending Ramps Up After Labour's 'Freeze'

The media lapped up Pat McFadden’s announcement that the Cabinet Office would freeze all departmental and agency credit cards: “Crackdown on government cards to cut ‘wasteful’ spending.” Turns out – no such thing… After Cabinet Office spending managed to increase after the ‘freeze’ new figures show that spending for Defra and its agencies has done the same: Defra GPC spending in February before ‘freeze’: £995,440 Defra GPC spending in April aft…