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Politics

Grace-and-favour homes for the new government

grace and favour houses: Chequers, country residence of the Prime Minister
Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, the country residence of the prime minister
Photograph: David Goddard/Getty Images
grace and favour houses: Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence
Another view of Chequers, which was given to the nation as a country retreat for the serving prime minister by the Chequers Estate Act of 1917
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
grace and favour houses: Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, with former prime minister Gordon Brown at Chequers
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
grace and favour houses: Chevening, official residence of the home secretary, Kent
Chevening in Kent, official residence of the foreign secretary, which is to be shared by William Hague and Nick Clegg
Photograph: Rex Features
grace and favour houses: Chevening House Chevening Kent
Chevening House has 115 rooms and is situated in a 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) estate
Photograph: Adrian Chinery/Alamy
grace and favour houses: The Foreign Secretary's official residence at No.1 Carlton Gardens
The foreign secretary's official residence in London at No 1 Carlton Gardens
Photograph: Ben Curtis/EMPICS
grace and favour houses: The interior of Carlton Gardens
The interior of No 1 Carlton Gardens
Photograph: Martin Argles
grace and favour houses: Dorneywood
Dorneywood, near Burnham in Buckinghamshire, which will be at the disposal of George Osborne, the chancellor. It was built in 1920 and was given to the National Trust by Lord Courtauld-Thomson in 1947 as a country home for a senior member of the government
Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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