Jacob Rees-Mogg blows eye-watering amount of taxpayers' cash moving paintings from office

Jacob Rees-Mogg - the erstwhile Government Efficiency Minister - spent the eye-watering sum connected removals aft helium mislaid his seat, contempt owning a location conscionable 390 yards from Parliament

Jacob Rees-Mogg blew £1,152 of taxpayers’ currency having paintings removed from his Parliamentary office.

The Brexiteer and erstwhile Commons person mislaid his spot successful July’s election.

All MPs are entitled to assertion costs for “winding up” their offices - some successful their constituency and successful Parliament.

According to records published by watchdog IPSA, Mr Rees Mogg claimed the eye-watering sum for the “relocation of paintings etc from Parliament” - contempt owning a £5 cardinal mansion a stone’s propulsion away.

In 2018 helium bought and renovated a five-story location conscionable 390 yards from the Palace of Westminster, wherever helium lived with his woman and six children.

The spot is infamously person to Parliament than 10 Downing Street.

Mr Rees-Mogg and his household volition soon prima successful a Discovery+ documentary - titled "Meet the Moggs".

Diving into the familys dynamics, 'Meet the Rees-Moggs' volition connection an unprecedented peek astatine the pre-and-post-election play successful their idyllic 17th-century Somerset residence. The amusement promises to uncover candid household life. The teaser reads: "With exclusive access, this fly-on-the-wall documentary bid volition beryllium a never-before-seen look into his beingness astatine location successful the 17th period Somerset location wherever helium lives with his woman and six children."