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Taxpayers group criticises £250,000 spending on MPs' portraits
Twenty-one parliamentarians were painted or sculpted in decade, including John Bercow, Ken Clarke and Diane Abbott
Iain Duncan Smith with his portrait by Paul Benney, at Portcullis House. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian
MPs have spent almost £250,000 on paintings and sculptures of their colleagues, including thousands on portraits of the Tory cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith, William Hague and Ken Clarke.
The spending was revealed under a freedom of information request by the Evening Standard, which showed that almost £22,000 was spent on commissioning a portrait of John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, unveiled in 2011.