Government spends £250,000 bottling tap water for Ministers

Government spends £250,000 bottling tap water for Ministers in 'farcical waste'
By Brendan Carlin
Last updated at 10:52 AM on 24th October 2010
The Government was accused last night of pouring tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money down the drain by filtering and bottling tap water for Ministers and mandarins.
Departments across Whitehall use in-house filtering machines to turn perfectly drinkable mains water into bottled versions, even producing a carbonated drink.
The imitation mineral water cost taxpayers more than £80,000 last year alone and an estimated £250,000 since 2008........