Missing moggy Freya was found late at night by a charity worker who had spent her morning trying to find accommodation for 24 homeless people. Photo / AP
British politician George Osborne's cat Freya was chauffeur-driven back to her Downing Street home after being found more than a kilometre away, meowing for help near one of London's busiest junctions.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer's pet was escorted home by a Whitehall aide after being found on the streets
of Vauxhall, south London, by a group of young women, who were walking home after going out to dinner. A member of Osborne's staff went by car to pick up the cat the next day.
Freya's rescuers, one of whom works for a homeless charity, returned his pet with a note pointing out that while the Chancellor's much-loved cat has been rehoused many people sleeping rough are not so fortunate. It read: "Found - on the streets in Vauxhall. Not everyone is as lucky as Freya. George please stop cutting homeless services."
The three women who found Freya were passing a building site next the Vauxhall roundabout in south London at 11pm when they heard a desperate meowing and looked up to see the tabby cat perched on barriers surrounding the site. The cat followed the group before jumping down to the pavement and allowing herself to be caught.
The three women immediately rang the phone number on the cat's collar and were astounded when the woman who answered informed them they had found Osborne's prized pet.
