According to the Mail, Truss’s meetings with her confidants and advisers in the evenings often resulted in a party atmosphere.
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London Ex-British Prime Minister Liz Truss is fighting a hefty bill for missing items – including bathrobes and slippers and hospitality – from a government country residence. A spokesman for the Conservative politician was quoted by the Daily Mail newspaper on Monday as saying that Truss would of course pay for things that disappeared during her use of Chevening House. The majority of the bill for around 12,000 pounds (13,670 euros) relates to official government business.
Former Foreign Secretary Truss prepared for her term of office in the summer of 2022 at Chevening House in the southeastern English county of Kent, the department’s official country residence.
According to the Mail, Truss’s meetings with her confidants and advisers in the evenings often resulted in a party atmosphere. Employees reported to the central government agency Cabinet Office that bathrobes and slippers, for example, had disappeared at the time. “They also objected to the idea that the taxpayer should foot the bill for a series of summer parties.”
In the summer of 2022, Truss prevailed in her Conservative Party’s struggle to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. After only a few weeks, she had to resign again because of her chaotic economic policy and, at 49 days, is the British head of government with the shortest term in history.
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