100 peers claim more than £50,000 expenses a year

More than 100 peers claimed in excess of £50,000 in expenses to work in the House of Lords last year, new official figures show.
They include 18 members of the upper chamber who claimed more than £30,000 in housing costs – significantly more than the maximum of £24,000 which MPs receive to run a second home.
The figures disclose that 17 peers claimed above £60,000, 11 more than £65,000 and one, the cross bencher Lord Laird, a total of £73,000. More than 300 claimed in excess of £25,000.

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Xmas Message To Our MP's

A goodwill message to our hard-working MPs who are already into their three-week Christmas break: I hope Santa brings all 646 of you (especially Hazel Blears) everything you’ve put down on your list. Mainly because, this year, you won’t be able to claim any of it back on expenses.

Tory MP Michael Jack claims for loo roll

I think it's safe to say the Expenses Scandal has finally reached the bottom.
Michael Jack's Additional Costs Allowance shows he asked for soft toilet tissue which cost 75p each.

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BILLERICAY MP PUTS FOOD PARCEL FOR TROOPS ON EXPENSES

"THE MPs expenses scandal plumbed new depths last night when it emerged a Tory politician claimed for a charity parcel donation for troops.
John Baron, MP for Billericay in Essex, said the £18.21 claim for a food parcel was an “admin error”.
But his paperwork also shows how he tried – and failed – to claw back a £10 Christmas tip for his gardeners".


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MPS ARE COMMONS CRIMINALS

SHAMELESS MP Lembit Opik

Lembit Opik called an electrician from his constituency in WALES to work in his flat in LONDON - landing taxpayers with a £1,791 bill.
The firm made two trips to carry out repairs for the Lib-Dem - racking up a huge petrol bill for the 788 miles.

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"A Labour MP 'maxed out' his expenses by going on a spending spree at the upmarket department store John Lewis in the days running up to the deadline for claims.
Former defence minister Doug Henderson, who is standing down at the next election, was one of 60 MPs to claim the maximum £24,006 in second-home allowances last year.
In February and March this year he racked up bills totalling £2,128".

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Brown resists pressure to sack defence minister over £20,000 bell tower invoice

"Gordon Brown is under pressure to sack his Defence Minister Quentin Davies today after an outcry over his £20,000 invoice for fixing his bell tower".

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The whole sorry bunch should resign!!

Business as Usual

Derek Wyatt Labour MP Sittingbourne and Swale

Cleaning and ironing £200

Window Cleaning £40

T V Licensing £142.50

Repairs and redecoration £675

Claim for foof refused £112.12, claimed £250 for subsistence instead.

Another claim for cleaning and ironing £120

Check your own MP

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Labour MP Forced To Say Sorry And Repay £500

The Abuse Continues

Former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers has been ordered to repay £500 and apologise for breaking expenses rules.

Stupid or arrogant?

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PAY BACK EXPENSES OR WE WILL DOCK YOUR WAGES, MPS TOLD

"SHAMED politicians who refuse to pay back tens of thousands of pounds in unjustified expenses will have the cash docked from their pay, it emerged last night".

This is the best news I've heard for some time.
It would be sweeter still if they'd been prosecuted but obviously that's never going to happen.

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MPS REFUSE TO PAY BACK UNJUSTIFIED EXPENSES

SHAMED MPs are refusing to pay back tens of thousands of pounds of unjustified expenses claims, it emerged yesterday.

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MP's Expenses List of Abusers

The full list can be seen here...

List of Abusers

Complete MP's Expenses Guide

Cabinet MP's Expenses

Shadow Cabinet MP's Expenses

What MP's Have Been Asked to Pay Back