HMRC office used £550,000 of electricity in six months after being lit up like Christmas tree at night

HMRC has been accused of burning money after lighting up its new Nottingham office right around the clock.

Nottingham South Labour MP Lilian Greenwood said that HMRC’s Unity Square building had an electricity bill of £557,805.20 for its first six months of operations.

The most expensive month, she tweeted, was August when the bill came to more than £113,000.