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Monday, May 18, 2009

MPs' Expenses: There's More To Come

Speaker refuses to resign (Financially Stuck To The Spot) Ben Chapman overclaimed £15,000 on mortgage Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph) Police criminal inquiries
  • Ann Widdecombe "no MP should be allowed to blame the system" and has backed police to investigate any cases where fraud was suspected and has been "reeling with disbelief" at the "horrors" that had been exposed.
  • Police should be called: "I'm afraid that where there has been deliberate fraud, and I choose my words carefully, where there has been deliberate fraud, I would say some of these cases must surely amount to that. The same standards should apply to us as they do to anybody else."
  • "If you are claiming for a mortgage that has been paid off a couple of years ago, there is no doubt that that is wrong."
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posted by Louis Brothnias @ 9:56 am