After Rayner moved into a grace and favour flat in Admiralty House the beds there were upgraded at an eye-watering cost. Red Queen size…
Despite the fact that – as Guido revealed – Rayner ordered her own civil servants to move furniture from her old flat on Vincent Square she acquired new bedding. Guido’s FoI unit has discovered that government-owned properties in the building were furnished with two new beds “to replace end of life existing beds” at a cost of £5,132.44 plus 20% VAT with an additional bill of £498.14 plus 20% VAT for installation. Total cost: £6,756.70. Hope they’re comfy…
The beds were purchased on 24 January and installed on 14 February. That is at a cost of £3,378.35 per bed. Woman of the people…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”