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Mrs Cameron’s £53K- A-Year ‘Fashion Adviser’ Funded By Taxpayer

As the British prime minister faces calls to resign, it turns out he isn’t the only member of the Cameron family under scrutiny. It has emerged that his wife Samantha Cameron’s ‘special adviser’ Rosie Lyburn is being paid £53,000 a year from the austerity-hit public purse to help organise her wardrobe and social life. The Independent reports: The aide – normally a position for people who help Government ministers – receives up to £53,000 for advising the prime minister’s 44-year-old wife, according to the Mail Online. Rosie Lyburn, a former model and grandaughter of late Conservative politician Lord Elliott, was hired after last year’s general election. Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, labelled the post a “vanity appointment” in the context of cuts to public funding. “I’ve just visited my local Jobcentre, which has had a seven-year recruitment freeze,” she told the Mirror. “When tough decisions have to be made, I’m not sure the wife of the prime minister needs a special adviser.” The 28-year-old’s salary is reportedly in Pay Band 1 on Number 10’s register of special advisers, which covers a range up to £52,999 a year. The average UK salary is £26,500 a year. A similar debate arose over Ms Lyburn’s predecessor Isobel [...]