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The Cabinet Office has stated that spending taxpayer money on unnecessary branded merchandise will be banned in the latest crackdown on wasteful spending across departments.
Thousands of pounds have been spent in recent years on goods branded with department logos or slogans – including mugs, jumpers, water bottles, and even fidget cubes.
Such spending will be banned, focusing funding where it matters to working people such as rebuilding the NHS and strengthening the borders.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden MP, said: “By cutting wasteful spending we can target resources at frontline public services with more teachers, extra hospital appointments and police back on the beat.
“We will use taxpayers’ money to deliver our Plan for Change, kick-starting economic growth, rebuilding the NHS and strengthening our borders.”
The Cabinet Office has set out requirements for all departments to review their policies on procuring corporate-branded and non-essential merchandise, with a view to restricting future purchases.
These stricter rules will permit government merchandise only when essential for delivering the government’s agenda, for example, in overseas trade and diplomacy, to promote growth.
