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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: Pete on December 01, 2013, 02:09:01 PM
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Days before latest brutal cuts announced in Autumn Statement, the Sunday Mirror reveals the Chancellor has forked out on expensive interior designers.
George Osborne has blown a cool £10.2million revamping his Whitehall HQ using firms which supply the Big Brother house, Vivienne Westwood and the Queen Mary 2.
The items bought have not been disclosed but the firms used by him are. Among the Treasury’s suppliers was Panik Design, which sells £5,500 bookshelves, £3,300 poker card tables and £65 paperweights.
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher, who uncovered the spending using parliamentary questions, accused Mr Osborne of ignoring the needs of millions of people struggling to make ends meet while he gave his HQ an expensive makeover.
Mr Dugher said: “Rather than tackle the cost-of-living crisis Treasury ministers are living it up in luxury.
“Ministers have been shopping at exclusive interior designers to kit out their offices while families are gathered around the kitchen table worrying about paying bills. This goes to show just how out of touch David Cameron’s government is.”
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I'm surprisede someones not had a pop at this shower TBH.
Was it Maggie who was in some sort of a bomb blast.
We had a questionaire from the Tory party during the last week - not sure if anyone else has.
Hubby started filling it in - then I added my own thoughts of them - not sure if he sent it :))
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And the Royal Mint, Met. Office and Ordnance Survey are to be privatised to pay for it. What a shower of hypocritical hurray henrys they are. Unbelievable that anyone could be so taken in as to vote for them.