Why did floods agency spend hundreds on 'equali-tea' gay awareness
mugs... and £30,000 on gay pride marches? As Britain counts cost of
shoddy defences, we reveal bizarre spending by quango bosses

Investigation shows the
Environment Agency, headed by Lord Chris Smith - Britain's first openly
gay Cabinet Minister - spent £639 on gay rights mugs
EA also spent £30,000 sponsoring Birmingham's Gay Pride festival in 2009
Comes as EA faces growing criticism of its handling of the flooding crisis