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David Cameron was spotted surrounded by a huge security entourage as he went bodyboarding at a Cornish beach.

The former PM was seen accompanied by 10 security guards on his day out at Polzeath.

His personal protection officers wore bum bags and arrived behind his Range Rover in a motorcade.

An onlooker told how he seemed "keen" to strike a pose for a photographer, and he was pictured with his thumbs up.

Mr Cameron, 51, was seen taking a dip with his children - but without wife Samantha, 47.

He owns a £2million holiday home in the village of Trebetherick - less than a mile from the beach.

(Image: Seamus McCoy / SWNS.com)

(Image: Seamus McCoy / SWNS.com)

An onlooker said: “Mr Cameron had loads of Metropolitan Police Personal protection officers with him on the beach - they must be paid a fortune to look after him.

“There was 10 of them and they arrived in a motorcade of some sort which is unusual as he was just going to the beach.

“Mr Cameron was really keen to strike a pose for a photographer.

“He seemed like a very happy chappy after he just vacated the water at the beach alongside his children but Samantha was not present.”

(Image: Seamus McCoy / SWNS.com) (Image: Seamus McCoy / SWNS.com)

David Cameron set up a pet project for teenagers which has swallowed hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash with only a small take-up by youngsters, town hall chiefs have previously warned.

Council leaders launched a bid for a slice of the funding pumped into the National Citizen Service, which the former Prime Minister has boasted was “one of my proudest achievements”.

He hoped it would become “a rite of passage” for 16 and 17-year-olds.

(Image: Seamus McCoy / SWNS.com)

Nearly all Government spending on youth services is currently invested in the NCS, according to the Local Government Association.

Its research found ministers spent £634million on the scheme – 95% of the Government’s youth services budget – between 2014/15 and 2017/18.

But just 12% of youngsters who could take part chose to do so in 2016.

Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs Cat Smith Said: “NCS provide great opportunities for young people. However, a four week programme is not enough to make up for the systematic removal of youth services across this country.

“At a time of devastating cuts, the Government cannot justify exclusively funding NCS at the expense of other vital youth services.

“Labour is committed to rebuilding youth services so that every young person can realise their potential.

“We will ensure that youth social action projects such as NCS form part of much-wider offer for young people.”