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SOCIETY / POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
List: Top Ten Most Costly Items for UK Parliament Speaker John Bercow's £20,000 Apartment Refit
Date: August 2009
Source: Daily Telegraph
Base: All items on the taxpayer-funded bill to refit the grace-and-favour apartment for the new House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
Notes: This list was drawn up in August 2009. By November 2009 the bill had stretched to over £45,000. Remember, you as a tax payer paid for all this. John Bercow is a greedy trougher.
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Cost (£)
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£6,734
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Sofa suite
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£3,880
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Planters to provide child safety on terrace
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£3,600
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Locks to "tilt and turn" windows
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£1,087
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Redecoration of former study as playroom
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£760
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Window seat cushions for drawing room
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£692
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Replacement of bathroom carpet with washable floor
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£620
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Television aerial and Sky box in new playroom
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£497
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New worktop and hanging space in utility room
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£479
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Ikea double bed for nanny's apartment
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£474
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Trellis for planters on terrace
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