Sky are reporting that Labour MP Fabian Hamilton over-claimed for a Mortgage for his family house in Leeds, even though he was living with his mother at her London house.
Hamilton, who came into Parliament in the aftermath of Labour’s landslide victory in 1997, is said to have attempted to justify his arrangement by saying that he spent the majority of his time in the house owned by his mother, a retired judge, until her death in 2005.
He spent thousands of taxpayer’s money decorating and furnishing the “second home” where his wife and children lived in Leeds, before “flipping” his designation to a new London flat, which he then also did up at the taxpayer’s expense.
On his official website, Mr Hamilton said that he wanted to expose the “widespread misunderstanding concerning MPs’ expenses” by detailing his own claims. The image on the right hand-side of this blog is his expenses that he has claimed. I think you will agree that it beggars belief.
They do say that it’s the quieter ones, that you need to keep an eye on….
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