What the civil service spends on travel – in charts
There are now 20% fewer civil servants than there were in 2010, but central government’s travel costs have shot up
Civil servants’ travel costs have risen by at least 11% , from £437m in 2010-11 to £546m in 2013-14, according to the government’s central spending watchdog, even though the number of civil servants has fallen over the same period by almost 20%.
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Source: Guardian Transport
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