Amazon and Tesco purchases on local authority card reviewed

Key Facts

• In October, five months after Mr Johnson's election, an anonymous whistleblowing complaint was made in relation to behaviour and the use of a government procurement card (GPC), which is used by government and local authorities as a payment card.
• Image caption, Nik Johnson was elected in May 2021 According to CPCA documents - some of which were published on the day the BBC asked questions regarding their status - at least £9,000 of GPC transactions between August and November are subject to review.
• The CPCA documents state: "The transactions shown against a card in this report are currently under independent review, and it is expected that some of the expenditure reported will not ultimately be charged to the Combined Authority.
• Mr Johnson said of the GPC spend: "I can't comment further whilst there is an ongoing investigation as I am fully committed to that process and would not like to do anything that could jeopardise the integrity of that process."

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