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Boris On Excess And Expenditure

June 12th, 2008 by BenSix

An unlikely source reports that Boris has made sensible cuts to Olympic spending. £1.2 has been snipped from the reported £4.6 budget for the ‘London House’ in Beijing, with measures including a reduction in the number of delegates and the cancellation of plans to fly out eighteen Gordon Ramsay chefs.

“The Olympic Games are important to London, as is our presence during the Beijing Games, but I want to ensure every aspect is kept under tight financial control. There were some pretty unrealistic things planned, which would have cost a lot of taxpayer money, but which would have had marginal value to Londoners.

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