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  The perfect present for a Cabinet minister facing the chop
  
  Following a spate of thefts, ministers are now allowed to buy their red boxes
  
  As the ultimate souvenir for years of public service, it certainly beats a carriage clock.
  
  The catch is that you must have been a Minister of the Crown to get one.
  
  One of Whitehall's best kept secrets can be revealed: that for a little under
  
  £1,000 ministers can buy their very own red box to remind them of former
  
  glories long after they have been sacked, reshuffled or defrocked by the voters.
  
  Whitehall sources suggest that the decision to allow ministers to purchase
  
  their own red boxes was made to discourage light-fingered frontbenchers
  
  from "losing" boxes just before their departure from office.
  
  "There have been very, very naughty instances of boxes going for a walk - usually
  
  around election time," said one source. "What ministers need to realise is that
  
  however attached they feel to their box, however much they feel it's a part of their
  
  very being and soul, the proper route is to buy them and not steal them."
  
  Manufacturers are expecting a ``Bumper`` order in near future......

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