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Luxury limos: what the PM should have known
John Key should have been aware of plans for the multimillion dollar purchase of 34 limousines, months before the deal was inked, documents show.
John Key should have been aware of plans for the multimillion dollar purchase of 34 limousines, months before the deal was inked, documents show.
The Government should have known about the purchase of 34 new BMW limousines for ministers, but Prime Minister John Key learned of the multimillion-dollar deal from his chauffeur last week.
The Government should have been told one of its departments decided to sell three-year-old BMWs and buy new ones, Prime Minister John Key says.
Prime Minister John Key says the decision to spend millions of dollars on 34 BMW limousines was made by the Department of Internal Affairs and signed off by the previous government.
The Government is selling its three-year-old fleet of 34 luxury limos and replacing them with new BMWs, which the Green Party says is an outrageous expense when ministers are telling everyone else to tighten their belts.
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