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Dozens of Norwich City kits bought by Foreign Office

By Neve Gordon-Farleigh

BBC News, East

The government spent £1,800 on 31 adult Norwich City kits while Liz Truss was foreign secretary, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.

Payments of £1,318 and £523.50 were made in October last year and in March.

The kits supported an overseas "Shared Values Programme", the Foreign Office said.

It added that Canaries fan Ms Truss did not make the purchases herself and they were one set of 12 different Premier League kits bought for the programme.

The department was asked to give further details about the programme, called an "overseas shared values children's project" by former minister Gillian Keegan, but it said it would not elaborate further.