He is finally no longer mooching off of the taxpayer!
It's the end of the road for Two Jags. John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, this weekend lost his official Jaguar, driver and four-strong security team.
He was dropped off at his home in Hull yesterday for the last time by his government driver and praised him as the best he had known during his 10 years in the cabinet....
Prescott, who also owns his own Jaguar, lost his official car after a review by the policy and security services.
The royalty and ministerial visits committee, which made the decision, is reviewing the protection granted to Margaret Beckett, the former foreign secretary, and Sir John Major, the former Tory prime minister. (The Times)
Prescott is now no longer living in his grace-and-favour apartment, no longer has his ministerial Jaguar, or his security team. And about time. He should have lost them the minute his resignation as Deputy Prime Minister came into effect.He was dropped off at his home in Hull yesterday for the last time by his government driver and praised him as the best he had known during his 10 years in the cabinet....
Prescott, who also owns his own Jaguar, lost his official car after a review by the policy and security services.
The royalty and ministerial visits committee, which made the decision, is reviewing the protection granted to Margaret Beckett, the former foreign secretary, and Sir John Major, the former Tory prime minister. (The Times)
Ex-Cabinet members certainly don't need - or deserve - taxpayer-funded government cars or accommodation. They lose any right to them as soon as they resign or are sacked from the government. They exist only to facilitate a minister to do their job, and once they are no longer doing that job, they do not deserve or need them at all. A security team, on the other hand, may be needed by ex-ministers. But I doubt that many do.
Source: The Times
