Msps' Costs Stamped On As Bills Soar Spend On Post and Paper Shot Up in Election Year Spend On Post and Paper Shot Up in Election Year Politics: Stationery

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MSPs have been banned from spending more than GBP5000 a year on office supplies following fears they were using the publicly-funded system to boost their re-election chances.

Holyrood officials imposed the cap after MSPs racked up a record spend on postage and stationery last year.

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Msps' Costs Stamped On As Bills Soar Spend On Post and Paper Shot Up in Election Year Spend On Post and Paper Shot Up in Election Year Politics: Stationery

The GBP477,000 bill, up 75per cent from the previous year, was incurred while MSPs were trying to regain their places in the parliament.

MSPs can draw on taxpayer-fund...

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