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Article: [pounds sterling]1m in expenses for North East MPs.
- Article from:
- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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Our MPs have claimed almost [pounds sterling]1million in expenses in the last year.
A league table of MP's expenses reveals the amount of cash they have spent on travel by themselves and their staff, as well as their London homes, office costs, computers and stationery.
And it showed Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington West and Gateshead East, claimed the highest amount in Wearside and East Durham with [pounds sterling]155,222.
It included [pounds sterling]8,652 on stationery and postage, [pounds sterling]22,110 on staying away from home, [pounds sterling]5,744 in car mileage, [pounds sterling]6,169 on rail and [pounds sterling]1,476 on air ...