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Jacob Phillips

Home Office spent thousands to get rid of bedbug infestation at Westminster HQ

The Home Office spent thousands investigating a bed bugs infestation at its HQ - (REUTERSF)

The Home Office was forced to spend thousands of pounds on sniffer dogs to help get rid of a bedbug infestation at its headquarters in Westminster, the Standard can reveal.

An investigation by the Government Property Agency (GPA) found traces of bedbugs in furniture in a building on the Marsham Street complex, which is also home to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, earlier this year.

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