Multiple reports say an FOI request shows staff at a London borough mistakenly used a council credit card to pay for personal items. The payments described include a haircut and subscriptions to podcasts. The disclosures indicate the purchases were made using council funds but were not intended to be personal expenses. The reporting attributes the activity to staff error rather than deliberate misuse, describing the transactions as “mistaken” or accidental. The information comes through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, which is presented as the basis for the details about what was charged to the card. The reports do not identify the specific borough in the provided material, nor do they describe the amounts involved or any subsequent disciplinary or repayment actions. Overall, the coverage focuses on the fact that council credit cards were used for non-council-related spending and that the council’s records, revealed via FOI, indicate these charges occurred due to misunderstanding or mistake.