Tony Blair urged to repay £10,000 for discounts on designer clothes
According to the newly released official files of Prime Minister Tony Blair, the designer’s clothes were recommended to pay thousands of pounds with discounts.
The articles published in national archives show that 10 officials suggest that designers should pay more than 7,600 £ for products purchased from Nicole Farhi and Paul Smith.
Discounts were negotiated by Carole Caplin, who bought clothes for Mrs. Blair by his wife Carie’s controversial friend and style consultant.
Ms. Caplin, authorities, because of the sale of clothing, including the products purchased for Mr. Blair, including up to 60 percent discount, he said.
However, the authorities were worried that such big discounts would not be available for ordinary members of the public.
According to the files, between July 2001 and December 2002, when the retail price would be £ 20,855, Nicole Farhi, a stand -alone designer, spent £ 8,021,50.
This meant that the total discount they received came to £ 12,8343 more than the total amount they spent.
Initially, the authorities have to pay back the discounts of Mr. Blair – about £ 10,000 – and that Ms. Blair should pay half of the benefits of their benefits – £ 28,000.
Clare Sumner, an official number 10, wrote: “Nothing is wrong, we don’t really claim that there is nothing. The problem is one of the public perception.”
However, after meeting with the cabinet secretary Sir Andrew Turnbull, Ms. Blair was accepted that she did not receive any “preference or useful treatment ası in the role of the Prime Minister’s wife.
However, it was accepted that suppliers should sign privacy agreements in the future to ensure that there was no incentive to provide goods cheaply to benefit from the fact that the prime minister’s wife was wearing his clothes.
However, for Mr. Blair, the authorities still believe that they should pay the full amount and advised Paul Smith to write £ 1.116 and Nicole Farhi to write £ 6.532.
Mrs Sumner wrote: uz We still think that the simplest thing for you is to pay your clothes exactly and we think Carole should be informed for the future. ”
