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Here comes the BOOM!
Some bad ones;
GEORGE OSBORNE
In 2005, the Conservative shadow chancellor claimed £47 for two copies of a DVD of his own speech on 'Value for Taxpayers Money'. A spokesman for Mr Osborne said: "Four years ago George received a request from a member of the public for a video copy of the speech which he obtained through the House of Commons broadcasting unit."
MARTIN SALTER
In 2005, the Labour MP for Reading West claimed £3.99 for a 400g Toblerone bar and, on a separate receipt from the same year £5.99 for Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
GRAHAM BRADY
The Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West claimed £10 for a "milk frother" in 2007/08 and, on the same receipt, £21 for a black toilet roll holder.
MARIA MILLER
The Conservative MP for Basingstoke claimed for £154.61 for books in 2008 from the Amazon website including Vikings Don't Wear Pants: Potty Poems of the Past and two books about Tony Blair - Blair Unbound and Blair's Britain.
DAVID HANSON
In 2007, the Labour MP for Delyn claimed £100 from his communications allowance to sponsor a match at a local football club Flint Town United.
ERIC JOYCE
In November 2007, the Labour MP for Falkirk seems to have claimed £39.99 for a remembrance wreath. The claim is for Lady Hague Poppy Factory but there is a line through it, suggesting he may have since repaid the amount. In October 2007 there is a receipt for an Oil Painting on Canvas for £160. All details are redacted except the name of the company Art and More. In May 2007 Mr Joyce claimed £235 for an Assertiveness at Work training course. It is not clear whether this was for him or a member of his staff as the attendee name is blacked out.
ANDREW MACKAY
The Tory MP, who is standing down at the next election following revelations about his second home allowances in the Telegraph consistently claimed £250 per month (£3,000 over the year) for "petty cash". He also claimed over £200 for his annual subscriptions to the Spectator and the Economist.
WHAT YOU WON'T HAVE SEEN
We know, thanks to the Daily Telegraph revelations, that Margaret Moran claimed £22,000 for dry rot on her second home. The receipts released with details blacked out do not show her second home was in Southampton -100 miles from her Luton constituency. There is also no mention of Sir Peter Viggers' attempts to claim £1,645 for a "duck island".
Who's got more stupid ones?
GEORGE OSBORNE
In 2005, the Conservative shadow chancellor claimed £47 for two copies of a DVD of his own speech on 'Value for Taxpayers Money'. A spokesman for Mr Osborne said: "Four years ago George received a request from a member of the public for a video copy of the speech which he obtained through the House of Commons broadcasting unit."
MARTIN SALTER
In 2005, the Labour MP for Reading West claimed £3.99 for a 400g Toblerone bar and, on a separate receipt from the same year £5.99 for Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
GRAHAM BRADY
The Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West claimed £10 for a "milk frother" in 2007/08 and, on the same receipt, £21 for a black toilet roll holder.
MARIA MILLER
The Conservative MP for Basingstoke claimed for £154.61 for books in 2008 from the Amazon website including Vikings Don't Wear Pants: Potty Poems of the Past and two books about Tony Blair - Blair Unbound and Blair's Britain.
DAVID HANSON
In 2007, the Labour MP for Delyn claimed £100 from his communications allowance to sponsor a match at a local football club Flint Town United.
ERIC JOYCE
In November 2007, the Labour MP for Falkirk seems to have claimed £39.99 for a remembrance wreath. The claim is for Lady Hague Poppy Factory but there is a line through it, suggesting he may have since repaid the amount. In October 2007 there is a receipt for an Oil Painting on Canvas for £160. All details are redacted except the name of the company Art and More. In May 2007 Mr Joyce claimed £235 for an Assertiveness at Work training course. It is not clear whether this was for him or a member of his staff as the attendee name is blacked out.
ANDREW MACKAY
The Tory MP, who is standing down at the next election following revelations about his second home allowances in the Telegraph consistently claimed £250 per month (£3,000 over the year) for "petty cash". He also claimed over £200 for his annual subscriptions to the Spectator and the Economist.
WHAT YOU WON'T HAVE SEEN
We know, thanks to the Daily Telegraph revelations, that Margaret Moran claimed £22,000 for dry rot on her second home. The receipts released with details blacked out do not show her second home was in Southampton -100 miles from her Luton constituency. There is also no mention of Sir Peter Viggers' attempts to claim £1,645 for a "duck island".
Who's got more stupid ones?
