Sunday 20 December 2009

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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