Tony Blair's security team cost the taxpayer £250,000 a year

[paulnolan]

Bodyguards hired to protect former prime minister Tony Blair are costing the taxpayer £250,000 a year in expenses, according to reports.

The bills for an elite protection squad, which travels with Mr Blair on luxury holidays and international business trips, are almost twice those submitted by officers protecting his successor Gordon Brown while he

Comments

[havealemon]

We should cut the budget allowed to these rich politicians who are the true welfare queens.

[anolinde]

While many of the expenses from the force were for luxury hotels, other claims submitted included those for Percy Pig sweets, chocolate chip cookies and a £38 Little Chef meal, including a chocolate milkshake.

Ooh, ~scandalous.