Boris Johnson has been accused of charging taxpayers for “bad advice” - after research found his government employs more political advisers than any other in history.
Labour ’s Angela Rayner said this ballooning size of the PM’s inner circle reveals an “inefficient, jobs-for-mates Government, with no plans to tackle the cost of living crisis despite the huge resource to do it”.
In March this year there were 126 Special Advisers working across Government departments - up from 113 in 2021.
