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GOVERNMENT ministers are using their own money to help buy food and drink for government employees at end-of-year Christmas functions, says Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Barry Padarath.

He was responding to claims made by Port of Spain North/St Ann's West MP Stuart Young on December 13.

Young, in a social media post, slammed what he described as the government's contempt for citizens while encouraging its supporters to engage in unnecessary extravagance.