Jacob Rees-Mogg blows eye-watering amount of taxpayers’ cash moving paintings from office

Jacob Rees-Mogg – the former Government Efficiency Minister – spent the eye-watering sum on removals after he lost his seat, despite owning a house just 390 yards from Parliament

Jacob Rees-Mogg blew £1,152 of taxpayers’ cash having paintings removed from his Parliamentary office.

The Brexiteer and former Commons leader lost his seat in July’s election.

All MPs are entitled to claim costs for “winding up” their offices – both in their constituency and in Parliament.

According to records published by watchdog IPSA, Mr Rees Mogg claimed the eye-watering sum for the “relocation of paintings etc from Parliament” – despite owning a £5 million mansion a stone’s throw away.

In 2018 he bought and renovated a five-story home just 390 yards from the Palace of Westminster, where he lived with his wife and six children.

The property is infamously closer to Parliament than 10 Downing Street.

Mr Rees-Mogg and his family will shortly star in a Discovery+ documentary – titled “Meet the Moggs”.

Diving into the familys dynamics, ‘Meet the Rees-Moggs’ will offer an unprecedented peek at the pre-and-post-election period in their idyllic 17th-century Somerset residence. The show promises to reveal candid family life. The teaser reads: “With exclusive access, this fly-on-the-wall documentary series will be a never-before-seen look into his life at home in the 17th century Somerset house where he lives with his wife and six children.”