Storm at Cameron Plan to Get His 'Vanity Photographer' a Job on the Public Payroll

Plans to give David Cameron’s ‘vanity photographer’ a £35,000-a-year Whitehall post paid for by taxpayers were attacked by Labour last night.

Professional photographer Andrew Parsons is currently paid by Tory HQ to provide intimate pictures of the Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers working inside No 10.

But The Mail on Sunday has learnt that Downing Street aides have discussed the possibility of a permanent job in Government for him so he is always available to photograph the Prime Minister.

Labour MP Paul Flynn said: ‘There would be public outrage if, at a time when the poor and low-paid are under the lash because of the Coalition’s spending cutbacks, Mr Cameron puts what is in effect a vanity photographer on the payroll.

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