David Lammy will continue to live in the Foreign Secretary’s £25million grace-and-favour home despite being given another job in the reshuffle.
He will retain use of the flat in One Carlton Gardens, seen as the grandest of all official ministerial residences, even though he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary earlier this month.
His successor Yvette Cooper will have use of the Regency-era property for diplomatic receptions however, as well as sole use of Chevening, the Foreign Secretary’s country residence in Kent.
Meanwhile it can be revealed that Mr Lammy spent almost £50,000 of taxpayers’ money on a lavish party for his cash-strapped department before moving jobs.
The then Foreign Secretary invited 1,001 people to a summer reception in the garden of palatial Lancaster House, details obtained by the Mail show.
