Staff at the education watchdog racked up bills of almost £4 million on company credit cards, it has been reported.

Ofsted employees spent the taxpayer money on champagne, luxury hotels in Cyprus and gourmet meals in London restaurants, the Daily Mail said.

A Freedom of Information request disclosed the credit card bills, which were run up by around 450 Ofsted officials and inspectors over the past five years.

Reported by the Telegraph. You can read the full story here.

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.