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Article: Revealed: The pounds 8m spent on expenses by your MPs.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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West Midlands MPs have claimed almost pounds 8 million in expenses, on top of salaries of pounds 60,675 each.
Official figures showed Birmingham MP Liam Byrne (Lab Hodge Hill) was the second most expensive MP in the Commons.
He claimed pounds 178,116 in the last financial year, including pounds 28,170 for postage alone.
This was an increase of 13 per cent on last year, when he was the seventh highest-spender in the country.
Last night he said the high cost simply reflected the hard work he put into representing his constituents.
Other big spenders in the ...