Downing Street bought fridge for ‘meeting room’ with taxpayers’ money
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Downing Street bought a fridge for a meeting room with taxpayers' money around the time No 10 was hosting "wine time Fridays" and other parties, The Independent can reveal. Labour's Ms Thornberry said: "We all know that Covid rules were repeatedly broken in Downing Street during lockdown, but we don't yet know what taxpayers' money was spent in the process. "Rather than have the answer to that question dragged out of them one pizza delivery or wine fridge at a time, I would urge Cabinet Office ministers simply to disclose any misuse of public funds they have discovered related to the Downing Street parties, and tell us what action has been taken as a result." "One refrigerator was purchased in the financial year for a Downing Street meeting room, and one to replace an existing refrigerator that had reached the end of its working operation.
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