The fall of the Tory party

The former minister allegedly admitted in meetings that she had asked
taxpayer funded political advisers to go to her home in south-west
London to pack her suitcases for work trips abroad. Sources said she
paid a compliment to one aide, in front of colleagues, for their
aptitude in packing.

The same taxpayer-funded adviser was spotted by civil service
colleagues returning to the office with bags of expensive suits and
dresses from outlets like Fold and Boss, having been sent out by the
former minister on shopping trips.

On one occasion they are claimed to have shown colleagues Olang
snowboots, which can cost more than £200 a pair, which they had bought
for Badenoch’s work trip to the world economic forum in Davos,
Switzerland.