Blair's 'stitch' project

PM Tony Blair was advised to repay thousands of pounds in discounts which he received on designer clothes, according to newly revealed files.

- by GAVIN CORDON

Papers released to the National Archives show that No 10 officials recommended he should pay back more than £7,600 on items bought from Nicole Farhi and Paul Smith.

The discounts were negotiated by his wife Cherie's controversial friend and style adviser Carole Caplin, who bought clothes for Mrs Blair, inset with her husband.