‘It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up’

Did the government abuse FOI law to bury Liz Truss’s boozy airplane flights?

A story about Liz Truss spending more than £15,000 on in-flight catering briefly caught fire last week.

The anger on social media was hardly surprising. On a single trip to Australia as foreign secretary - flying by private jet, no less - Truss blew more on food and booze than most Britons earn in six months.

The government defence - that the bill was for…