Ps’ appetite for champagne has not been affected by the coalition’s austerity programme, as parliamentary officials bought in increasingly larger numbers of bottles each year to replenish the House of Commons’ stock.

House of Commons officials revealed that they have spent £275,221 buying in more than 25,000 bottles of champagne since the coalition took over in May 2010, which MPs and their staff can enjoy in Parliament’s bars and restaurants.

The details were revealed in response to a Freedom of Information request from the Huffington Post UK.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.