David Cameron spent ?680,000 of taxpayers' cash on home improvements (Guardian)

Downing Street refurbishments revealed in government records, including
?30,000 for a new kitchen

David Cameron has spent more than ?680,000 of public money renovating Downing
Street in the year that his government inflicted the biggest ever spending
cuts across the public sector.

Records of all government spending reveal nine bills for the refurbishment of
Downing Street including ?30,000 for the work he and his wife Samantha carried
out on the No 11 flat last summer. The centerpiece of their revamp was the new
kitchen, which was revealed this week in official photographs of the Obama
state visit.

Downing Street has confirmed for the first time that the full ?30,000 grant
for upkeep of the living accommodation, which is available to prime minister
annually, was used for the refit of 11 Downing Street, after the Guardian
discovered the payment published in the government's official spending
records.

A spokeswomen said that the money was spent on rewiring, plumbing and
decorating the flat but insisted that the Camerons paid for the extras. "No
public money was spent on furniture, fittings or accessories," she said in a
statement.

The other ?653,192.34 was spent on external and internal renovation work to
the offices and reception ...

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