This takes the biscuit

[Arthurgray50@blu]

COST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwud

How about this for a kick in the nuts, His department spent £42.225 in SEVEN MONTHS for snacks.

This is when we are facing cutbacks and the Tory, was praised by Osborne for his way of making cutbacks, and yet he spends this on snacks, just think of what amount of things this moCOST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwudney could have been spent - l hope he chokes on the damn things,.

But Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis pointed out that the snacks bill had fallen dramatically since Labour lost power in 2010 — when it hit £456,142.

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Pickles' biscuit bill is still less than one tenth of that run up by his Liebour predecessors in 2010.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Chris

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Pickles' biscuit bill is still less than one tenth of that run up by his Liebour predecessors in 2010.

Yeh, but they were all shared out.
these biscuits are all for the fat guy.

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

COST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwud

How about this for a kick in the nuts, His department spent £42.225 in SEVEN MONTHS for snacks.

This is when we are facing cutbacks and the Tory, was praised by Osborne for his way of making cutbacks, and yet he spends this on snacks, just think of what amount of things this moCOST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwudney could have been spent - l hope he chokes on the damn things,.

So good you had to post the link twice ay arthur got the hang of that now haven't you .All we have to do now is get you to read real papers

If this is only half correct then there must be some right fat gits in that dept ,either that or procurements needs a kick up the arse

[Ken W]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

COST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwud

How about this for a kick in the nuts, His department spent £42.225 in SEVEN MONTHS for snacks.

This is when we are facing cutbacks and the Tory, was praised by Osborne for his way of making cutbacks, and yet he spends this on snacks, just think of what amount of things this moCOST-cutting minister Eric Pickles is under fire after his department’s BISCUIT bill soared by £10,000

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2GYxeHwudney could have been spent - l hope he chokes on the damn things,.

The company that I worked before I retired I had to buy any biscuits, snacks, food, beverages so why should the tax payer pay for his departments snacks etc!

[Arthurgray50@blu]

But don't these MPs know yopu can buy biscuits cheap for a quid out of Asda or Tesco, we are talking about over £40.000 for SEVEN MONTHS.
i dont earn that in TWO YEARS.

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

But don't these MPs know yopu can buy biscuits cheap for a quid out of Asda or Tesco, we are talking about over £40.000 for SEVEN MONTHS.
i dont earn that in TWO YEARS.

To answer that Arthur ,look to Hollywood .

The best line in the film Independence Day ..........

PRESIDENT
how did they get funding for all of this ?

Old sensible jewish dad

you don't realy think a hammer costs $20,000 do you? $30,000 for a toilet seat do you ?

Next time you see Cameron ask him how much he thinks a packet of Garibaldi's costs

[Ken W]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

But don't these MPs know yopu can buy biscuits cheap for a quid out of Asda or Tesco, we are talking about over £40.000 for SEVEN MONTHS.
i dont earn that in TWO YEARS.

That is 4 years of my pension!

4,000 people work at the DCLG, so it appears to have spent £6,000 per month on biscuits and snacks, or approx. £1.50 per person per month, or 35p per week.....

btw, the article appeared to have overlooked that the DCLG has cut staff by 19.7% over the last two years - probably more than paid for the biscuits.....

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Hugh

4,000 people work at the DCLG, so it appears to have spent £6,000 per month on biscuits and snacks, or approx. £1.50 per person per month, or 35p per week.....

btw, the article appeared to have overlooked that the DCLG has cut staff by 19.7% over the last two years - probably more than paid for the biscuits.....

There you go spoiling another typical Arthur rant...

[colin25]

No. The biscuits are from a tory supporter/donor, awarded the contract

They were charging 40,000 per biscuit. And chocolate ones cost more

35p per person per week, must have been LIDL value biscuits.

Actual information from Hansard...

Communities and Local Government
Catering

Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010. [127114]

Brandon Lewis: We have interpreted refreshments to mean food and drink for meetings. My Department has taken a series of steps to reduce spending in this area, as illustrated by the following table:

Spending£
April 2008 to March 2009 553,230
April 2009 to March 2010 456,142
April 2010 52,864
May 2010 to March 2011 141,939
April 2011 to March 2012 32,054
April 2012 to October 2012 42,225

My Department daily holds conferences, seminars and meetings with representatives from across the local government, communities, housing and planning sectors, at which light refreshments may be served.

However, guidance to staff now states that refreshments may only be ordered for meetings with external attendees of longer than four hours. Staff should avoid arranging meetings over lunchtime where possible and attendees should normally be asked to bring their own refreshments where practical.

This administration has also clamped down on ministerial and officials’ expenditure on dining through the Government Procurement Card, assisted by online transparency.

Ministerial group spending of taxpayers’ money on Government Procurement Cards under the last Administration included the likes of ‘refreshments’ at the Cinnamon Club, the Wolseley, Brasserie 44, Boisdales, Sky City Casino, Inn the Park, Mango Tree, Shepherds, Incognico, Buffalo Bar, Tantric Jazz, Mr Chu's China Palace and Fat Tuesdays.

My Department under this Administration has stopped such spendthrift practices.

So, Arthur, it would appear that in April 2010 (the last month New Labour were in power), they spent more in one month than in the last seven months reported upon in 2012 - are you suitably horrified by this, or doesn't it matter if it isn't the Tories?

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Actual information from Hansard...
So, Arthur, it would appear that in April 2010 (the last month New Labour were in power), they spent more in one month than in the last seven months reported upon in 2012 - are you suitably horrified by this, or doesn't it matter if it isn't the Tories?

Arthur will have an excuse for this you can bet.

Craven **** on the Sun newsdesk. I guess the temptation to run a headline about biscuits alongside a photo of Eric Pickles was more than they could bear. An excellent example of not letting the facts get in the way of a good story.

As for Diane Abbott, she has dropped a long, long way in my estimation, putting out a story like this. Clearly she hasn't an ounce of shame in her entire body.