It’S a Bleak Midwinter Without Expenses for Cash-Strapped Mps

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ON the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 12 bags of compost; 11 Tudor beams; 10 flat-screen TVs; nine digital cameras; eight trouser presses, seven leather armchairs; six porno films; five toilet seats, four Ikea kitchens; three garlic presses; two second homes; and a duck house in a bell tower. But not any more, they won’t.

Forget Christmas Day in the workhouse, what about in the House of Commons? Has there ever been a Yuletide so drear for Members of Parliament, who will no longer be able to buy nice presents off their John Lewis list? They might even have to pay for their own Christmas cards. The indignity. Having to buy their own Christmas trees and deck the halls of their London homes at their own expense.

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It’S a Bleak Midwinter Without Expenses for Cash-Strapped Mps

Time was when MPs could spend, spend, spend on everything from moat-dredging to organic dog food. It’s all there in the latest batch of expenses claims published by the House of Commons auditor, Sir Thomas ...

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