Prison porridge costs taxpayers £165m a year Politics Porridge, baked beans and other prison food cost taxpayers a combined £165m a year, Morning Wire can reveal, as questions around spending efficiencies loom over the Ministry of Justice. The government has signed a blockbuster £826.7m deal with a leading catering distributor to supply food for prisoners and staff. BFS Group, a subsidiary of South [...]
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