UK Government Blows $15.9m on Luxury Apartment in the United States
The UK government has again shown that it’s one rule for them and another for those of whom they govern. It has emerged that they have purchased a £12 million ($15.9m) luxury apartment in New York for the Consul General and his wife to live in. While it will also be used to “negotiate trade deals” is this really an appropriate way to spend taxpayers money?
The seven bedroom flat which takes up an entire floor, is a stones throw from The United Nations HQ in New York.
A floor plan of the 5,893 sq ft apartment, as seen below, shows it boasts a library, six bathrooms and of course, the much needed “powder room.”
While some of the bedrooms are listed as “staff bedrooms,” The Foreign Office told the Guardian that it will only house The Consul General Antony Phillipson and his family.
