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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason

Liz Truss faces questions over Foreign Office spending

Liz Truss.
Data reveals the FCDO spent £1,841 on Norwich City, a team supported by Liz Truss. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

The Foreign Office, under Liz Truss’s leadership, is facing questions about its spending on credit cards including £1,841 at Norwich City football club online, and £10,000 at Fortnum and Mason.

Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general, wrote to the Foreign Office questioning why spending was up by 45% on its government procurement cards between September 2021 to July 2022.

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