Property News · July 13, 2022

Why we need new rules for redecoration in Downing Street | Letters


Future incumbents should have to make good any alterations or major decorations they’ve made, says Máirín Power. Also letters from Geoffrey Jamieson and Elaine CameronYour article about the garish internal refurbishment of No 11 (‘Trump-like madness!’– our critic’s verdict on Boris Johnson’s £200,000 No 11 refurb, 8 July) raises so many questions about prime ministers (and other elected officials) being permitted to make huge alterations to their temporary residences.Might I suggest as a taxpayer that future incumbents are subject to the same rules as renters in the private sector? This means they would have to make good any alterations or major decorations they carried out when their time in office ends. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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