BIG spending on government credit cards will be slashed amid fears they are being misused.
And civil servants will face disciplinary action if they are found to have broken any rules.
Hundreds of government employees will be stripped of their official bank cards.
Top civil servant Catherine Little said she was “concerned to see examples of expenditure using these cards”.
She said some purchases “on the face of it look difficult to justify based on approved guidelines”.
It comes after Labour was accused of hypocrisy over lavish spending after it criticised the previous government on the issue.
Analysis by The Times found thousands of pounds has been spent at private members’ clubs, crystal glasses and away days.
In 2023, Angela Rayner was left red-faced after lecturing the Tories on wasting public money – while using the iPad she claimed on expenses.
A Labour stunt attacking Government credit card spending backfired when their own MPs came under scrutiny.
The party’s deputy was forced to defend billing taxpayers £2,000 for personalised Apple AirPods and an iPad, revealed by the Sun in 2021.
As the tables were turned, Ms Rayner squirmed on Times Radio: “It was free to personalise them.
“The equipment – I’m actually using the equipment right now – as I’m speaking to you, the iPad is what I’m using to do my job and have been.”
Labour also released a dossier exposing £145million spent in a single year on Whitehall procurement cards.
