Tory MP Philip Davies has tabled a question asking exactly when tax-payers can expect ex-minister David Blunkett to leave his rent-free £3 million South Eaton Place home. It's four months since the Independent began questioning Blunkett's unusual domestic arrangements. The MP has since been the subject of widespread criticism, but he's clung on to the Belgravia pad tenaciously (although rumours that he'd had the locks changed in the dead of night turned out to be entirely false). More here. Perhaps Blunkett should contemplate moving into the Fulwood Walk residence (Southfields), which he's currently renting out for (apparently) in excess of £1,000 a month.

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Blunkett - man of means [January 24, 2005]