All in This Together? ; Osborne Skiing, Zac Goldsmith in Pounds 8k-a-Week Villa, Speaker Hosting a Lavish Party for Mps. As Britain Faces Year of Austerity, Are We Really... 'Taxpayers Struggling to Get by Will See This As Highly Insensitive' [Edition 2]

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SENIOR MPs were accused of 'highly insensitive conduct' last night after celebrating the New Year with lavish holidays or by sipping champagne at an exclusive Commons fireworks party.

Among them were Chancellor George Osborne, who defied austerity Britain by taking a luxury break at Prince Charles's favourite ski resort, Klosters. Ironically, it was Mr Osborne who coined the phrase 'we're all in this together' at the 2009 Tory Party Conference when calling for massive cuts to get the country out of the red.

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All in This Together? ; Osborne Skiing, Zac Goldsmith in Pounds 8k-a-Week Villa, Speaker Hosting a Lavish Party for Mps. As Britain Faces Year of Austerity, Are We Really... 'Taxpayers Struggling to Get by Will See This As Highly Insensitive' [Edition 2]

Meanwhile, tycoon MP Zac Goldsmith was sunning himself at an Pounds 8,000-a-week villa in the Caribbean over the New Year - in contrast to David Cameron, who scrapped plans for an expensive holiday in Thailand for fear of sending the wrong message to voters.

And in London, Speaker John Bercow hosted a star-studded champagne New Year's Eve party on the Commons r...

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