The Procurement Files

The UK Taxpayer spent £50,000 to study “Shrimp health in Bangladesh” Awarded to one supplier; Bangladesh Agricultural University Awarded by the FCDO

@SteveyJohnH @WokeWaste 😂 will keep an eye out for a progress report

@procurementfile @WokeWaste Did we ever find out whether the shrimps are healthy?

The UK Taxpayer spent £50,000 to study “Shrimp health in Bangladesh” Awarded to one supplier; Bangladesh Agricultural University Awarded by the FCDO

Yes; it is emergency overnight accommodation. The question is why the vendors are redacted. I see thousands of similar payments from other councils to named hotels/suppliers. What i think is happening is that private landlords have realised they can make much more by letting their properties on a nightly basis vs. long term rents. The end result is that the taxpayer pays more.

@procurementfile Is bed and breakfast temp housing because council has no council houses left? 🤔

In 2025, Kirklees Council made 37,736 payments to 'Redacted' vendors totalling £319m.* Redacted payments include: £554k on ‘Persons Abroad’ £5.5m on ‘Trees for Climate’ £7.7m on ‘Bed & Breakfast’ £152m across 22k transactions have no category *at all* ; all detail is blank

Yes. I was just correcting you! Stephen’s website is outstanding and is the most incredible resource for people interested in their council’s spend. I am as excited about his page as you and will help to promote it! I have messaged him today and he has been so helpful in the comments.

@procurementfile @council_spend Seems like he is aswell

@chrisbupnorth @council_spend Just one person! 😉

@council_spend @procurementfile Fantastic website mate . Far more advanced than procurement files which seems to be a couple of people hand cranking records , follower numbers should be reversed

@RugbyKids_ @AnneBevan1 I can well imagine…

@procurementfile @AnneBevan1 I work for a company that provides procurement services to public sector clients. You wouldn’t believe the half of it.

@council_spend @tonydixonUK You deserve it! Fantastic work and I know how long it takes to download even one of these councils for one year.

@procurementfile @tonydixonUK My pleasure ... nice to get some eyes on my work after 18 months 👍

@council_spend @tonydixonUK Outstanding work! You have built such a great tool.

@procurementfile @tonydixonUK And here's the final level drill down into each individual invoice

@council_spend @tonydixonUK Thank you so much!

@procurementfile @tonydixonUK here's the next level drill down...

@council_spend @GordonDComstock What is even more crazy about this is that Adult Social Care, Children’s Social Care and Housing are all separate categories and total over £450m. So what on earth are the £321m redacted payments for?

@GordonDComstock @procurementfile Here's a summary of Lambeth Council payments for 2025. You can drill down into the individual invoice payments if you visit my website councilspend.com

@council_spend @GordonDComstock £321m redacted! In just two councils today there is £650m of redacted spend in one year. That is totally insane. Would love to look more closely at that to see what the categories are.

@council_spend @tonydixonUK Thank you! £125million on Adult Learning Disability! Would love to see where that is going…

@tonydixonUK @procurementfile Here's a summary for West Sussex in 2025. You can drill down into the individual invoice payments if you visit my website councilspend.com

@council_spend @katiegilchrist Amazing. Thank you! Do you have the same screen shot for the top suppliers?

@katiegilchrist @procurementfile Here's a summary of Greenwich Council spending for 2025. You can drill down into this summary if you visit my website councilspend.com

@council_spend @donnyfarmshop Such a fantastic website. Adult social care at the top of the table… again.

@donnyfarmshop @procurementfile Here's a summary of Doncaster Council payments by expense category for 2025. Visit my website councilspend.com and you can search all payments for Doncaster.

@donnyfarmshop Will take a look

@procurementfile Can you take a look at Doncaster for me please? We have some of the most deprived areas in the UK. Edlington, Denaby, Mexborough, Hexthorpe, Bentley, Balby. I would be so disappointed for any money paid by some of the poorest people in the UK is used inappropriately.

@_frank_james_ I think about things like this all the time! Council tax only covers part of total council spend. Business rates and government grants cover the rest.

@procurementfile That is ≈ £1,900 per household in Kirklees. That would be pretty much all their council tax take. That doesn't seem possible.

@AlBonDeega I know. It isn’t fair.

@procurementfile All you get for your payment is a couple of bin collections a month lol The whole thing is a scam; if you get a court summons for non payment, the council hires a room in the court and the "judges" all work for the council It's not even a real court

@Bike_and_Bow 😂 I agree.

It would be interesting to know who approved all this on the back end

@AlBonDeega The more I see of council tax spend; the hundreds of thousands of redacted payments; the more it frustrates me that council tax rises every year.

@procurementfile How do the people know if this is embezzlement, money laundering or legitimate payments? How does HMRC know lol? Council tax is a scam that I would refuse to pay, if I still lived in the UK

@AlBonDeega Yes exactly! You could possibly argue it’s c*ck- up vs conspiracy and it’s just too onerous for staff to fill in all the details, but councils have a duty to taxpayers to report these payments transparently. Other people are not allowed to just do their job wrong!

@procurementfile If I submitted my accounts like this they would be rejected

@katiegilchrist Thank you! Greenwich has been mentioned to me a few times; and I have had questions about the university. Will certainly add it to my list.

@procurementfile Love your work. Greenwich council please!