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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Hales

Boris Johnson spent £800,000 in taxpayers’ cash to get Union Jack painted on plane

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Boris Johnson spent nearly £800,000 of taxpayers’ money to have the prime ministerial plane painted with a Union Jack flag, it has emerged.

An FOI request to the Cabinet Office by the TaxPayers’ Alliance revealed £783,940 was spent on painting the Airbus A321.

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