Chancellor George Osborne blew nearly £1,000 of taxpayers’ cash on a trip to Germany that let him watch his team win the Champions League.
The multi-millionaire Chelsea fan held brief talks on the eurozone crisis with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble, which meant the jaunt was classed as an official visit.
But he later grinned and clapped wildly as Chelsea won 4-3 against Bayern Munich after a penalty shoot-out.
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According to figures slipped out on the Treasury website, the trip cost taxpayers £949.