Treasury criticised for agreeing £500k spend on focus groups and polls

Labour says it is simply staggering' department authorised the move amid a cost of living crisis

Treasury bosses have been criticised for authorising 500,000 of taxpayers' money to be spent on focus groups and polls amid the cost of living crisis.

Deltapoll, an independent public opinion consultancy firm, was selected to carry out the work with an option to extend the contract for another year which would take the potential total cost to 1m.