Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

UK ministers asked to explain fourth delay to Covid wine cellar report

Crates of wine being delivered to No 10 in January 2020.
Crates of wine being delivered to No 10 in January 2020. The last official statement on the ‘usage, value, costs and stock levels of the wine cellar’ was made in July 2021. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Ministers have been asked to explain why a report on the UK government’s consumption of wine during the Covid pandemic has been delayed four times over the last year.

Labour said the Foreign Office, which holds the government’s wine collection, should publish the data on its stocks for 2020 to 2022 immediately, as the delay was causing suspicion about how much had been used.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.