Business Department Splashes £3.5 Million on LinkedIn in One Year

Labour have been making plenty of noise about cutting wasteful spending and tightening the reins on the blob, with Rachel Reeves gearing up for major Whitehall cuts in her Spring Statement. Meanwhile, UK DOGE has been firing off FOI requests to uncover potential savings…

It turns out the Department for Business and Trade hasn’t just ramped up spending on media staff – forking out £3,467,949 in annual salaries – but it’s also splashed a staggering £3,569,863 on LinkedIn between January 2024 and February this year.[…] Read the rest