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Hong Kong, where one CDC boss stayed overnight for £530
Anti-poverty bosses face review over ‘lavish’ expenses

By politics.co.uk staff Executives at the taxpayer-funded Commonwealth Development Corporation are facing a review after media reports exposed “lavish” expenses claims. A £336 taxi ride from Brussels to Paris, £700 for dinner at a Michelin star restaurant and £530 for a single night at a Hong Kong hotel were among the expenses submitted by the… Read more »

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Built to last? Some want the coalition to continue past the next election.
Tory: Make coalition permanent

By politics.co.uk staff The Lib-Con coalition should be put on a permanent footing, with just one candidate standing in each constituency, an influential Conservative has suggested. Tory MP Nick Boles, who founded Policy Exchange, David Cameron’s favourite think tank, said the set-up would be natural given the two parties would have shared the same record… Read more »