Liz Truss contests ‘£12,000 bill over use of Chevening country retreat’

Former PM asked to pay £12,000 for costs incurred during time at Chevening estate last summer

Liz Truss is contesting a government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary.

The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate, the Mail on Sunday reported.

The invoice covers the period last summer when she was preparing for her short-lived premiership and is understood to have been received by Ms Truss several weeks ago.