Taxpayers spent nearly £20,000 furnishing Rachel Reeves‘ Downing Street flat after the original government furniture went missing – and no one in Whitehall can say where it went.
The flat was empty when Chancellor Ms Reeves moved in after the election in July 2024, with four government departments unable to say where the original tables, chairs and sofas had gone.
The Cabinet Office, Treasury, Government Property Agency and Downing Street’s Facilities Team all failed to account for the missing items or say if they were in storage or being used elsewhere.
The £19,759.61 spend – revealed this week after a written Parliamentary question
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