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Article: [pounds sterling]185,000 expenses claim for West Yorkshire MP.
- Article from:
- Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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HIGH-spending West Yorkshire MP Shahid Malik has been revealed as Britain's most expensive MP.
New figures show that the Dewsbury MP claimed [pounds sterling]185,421 of taxpayers' cash for London housing, staff and office costs, travel, stamps, IT and stationery.
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His claim - on top of his [pounds sterling]60,675 salary - was almost [pounds sterling]50,000 higher than the average [pounds sterling]135,850 for the country's 646 MPs.
Mr Malik, an international development minister, claimed [pounds sterling]21,266 for postage ...