Telegraph Paid £110,000 For Mps‘ Expenses Data

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The Daily Telegraph paid a mole £110,000 for the expenses files which shone a light into the murky world of MPs’ claims and allowances, the newspaper’s assistant editor

A MOLE leaked classified files containing shocking details of MPs‘ expenses, because he was angry at the Government’s failure to invest in Britain’s armed forces. By Emily

The Telegraph published its expenses revelations after paying a source £110,000 for a disc containing all the expenses claims for every MP in the Commons.

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The bill for £3,194 for gardening in March 2007 was not paid by the fees office, which wrote to Mr Duncan suggesting that the claim might not be “within the spirit” of the rules.

The mole paid £110,000 for leaking details of MPs‘ expenses claims was angry at the Government’s failure to invest in Britain’s armed forces.

Gordon Brown is to repay more than £12,000 in expenses after an independent inquiry found he had made excessive claims for cleaning, gardening and decorating. UK News

Dozens of MPs have made „phantom“ claims for council tax on their parliamentary expenses – receiving thousands of pounds more than they actually paid their local authorities,

It was described as the biggest political scandal of the past 30 years. The men and women who helped bring the expenses scandal to light have never spoken about it. Until now.

His daughter Xanthe, 38, is a television presenter. He bought his home for £1.02 million in 2000 and it is thought to be worth more than £1.5 million.

The House of Commons “sticking their feet on the ground” refused to release further data, which had been scanned in by the fees office. A CD of the data which was touted round Fleet Street

The mole paid £110,000 for leaking details of MPs‘ expenses claims was angry at the Government’s failure to invest in Britain’s armed forces.

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John Austin, a Labour MP, claimed more than £10,000 in expenses for the redecoration of his London flat, which was 11 miles from his main home, before selling it for a profit.

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The Daily Telegraph paid a mole £110,000 for the expenses files which shone a light into the murky world of MPs‘ claims and allowances, the newspaper’s assistant editor has revealed.

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