ALMOST 20,000 government credit cards were frozen last night amid rocketing spending by mandarins.
Holders of procurement cards — allowing civil servants to spend without ministerial oversight — will have to reapply.
If they fail the test, cards will be cancelled before April.
Spending on the cards has soared 300 per cent in four years, topping £675million last year.
The Sun on Sunday told how £700 had been spent in October 2023 at a shop selling cardboard cutouts of celebs.
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