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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Liz Truss flew by private jet to Australia at cost of £500,000 to taxpayers

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Foreign secretary Liz Truss flew by private jet to Australia at a cost of over half a million pounds to the taxpayer, rather than using scheduled flights that would have been faster and far cheaper.

Instead of travelling from London to Sydney on one of the daily Qantas departures, Ms Truss flew the 22,000 miles to, from and within Australia aboard the private government Airbus A321.

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