article_snippet: Throughout 2014, £1,860 a day was spent on Bristol City Council procurement cards including £686 on iTunes downloads .
article_snippet: Staff at a council used payment cards to spend nearly £700,000 of public cash – including £170 on a pair of designer Ugg boots, £100 in a Ralph Lauren store in Barcelona and £44 in a tattoo parlour.
article_snippet: Throughout 2014, £1,860 a day was spent on Bristol City Council procurement cards, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show.
article_snippet: Staff at Bristol City Council used payment cards to spend nearly £700,000 of public cash – including £170 on a pair of designer Ugg boots .
article_snippet: Despite trying to defend the spending, the use of procurement cards has been slammed.
highlights_snippet: Bristol City Council staff used cards to spend nearly £700k of public money .
  