Wednesday, May 20, 2009

UK MP's expenses

Just ridiculous..

Gordon Brown claimed £1,403.90 for cleaning bills

David Cameron claimed for a £150 plumbing bill

Douglas Alexander claimed £420 for new garage doors

Shaun Woodward claimed for his newspapers and magazines including the £1.50 Private Eye

Jack Straw claimed £399 for a TV

Geoff Hoon claimed £378.95 for a washing machine

John Prescott claimed £112.52 for repairs to a toilet seat

Paul Murphy claimed £6 for a tin opener

Margaret Beckett claimed £600 for a hanging basket

Caroline Flint calimed £162.16 for a boiler

Hazel Blears claimed £519 for bedding

Nick Harvey claimed £30 per month for his Sky Sports subscription

Julia Goldsworthy claimed £1,200 for a rocking chair

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, claimed £847 a month on mortgage interest payments for the riverside flat that his student daughter lives in

Chris Huhne claimed for a £119 trouser press

Dick Clegg claimed £760 for gardening

Lembit Öpik claimed £40 for a summons for non-payment of council tax

Steve Webb claimed 99p for dusters

Cheryl Gillan put in a claim for £4.47 for dog food

Chris Grayling claimed £2,250 for decoration to his second home

David Willetts claimed back £115 plus VAT for changing lightbulbs in his home

Francis Maude claimed £3,020 for food

Kenneth Clarke claimed £1,024 for cleaning

Oliver Letwin claimed £2,000 to have a pipe repaired under his tennis court

Theresa Villiers claimed £164.50 to fix a leak in her flat

Peter Mandelson claimed £10.49 for a TV licence

David Miliband claimed £145.96 for a pram

Andy Burnham claimed £19.99 for a bathrobe

Alistair Darling claimed £2,339 for a magnolia carpet

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