WPA Pool via Getty Images Boris Johnson has caused a stir following a rather large new purchaseBoris Johnson has found himself in the public’s firing line after it was revealed close to £100,000 was spent on two paintings for No.10. The accounts from the Government’s Art Collection fund – which is reinforced with taxpayers’ money – show that Downing Street spent £70,200 on just one 24in by 28in painting by Irish artist Cathy Wilkes. The news has arrived weeks after the government cut £20-a-week from universal credit and introduced a real-terms pay cut for teachers and police officers. Downing Street claimed the “majority” of the cash for the artworks came from donors and refused to say how much money came from the public purse. Labour MP Neil Coyle tweeted: “As his government cuts universal credit and freezes frontline nurse/police pay, Johnson has found more money to treat himself.

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2021 08:15 UTC