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Article: Headache Tories are Cameron as more caught on gravy train.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2008
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Byline: Ian Drury, Justin Stares
THE wheels were said to be falling off the Brussels gravy trainyesterday as more details emerged of expenses claims by Tory Euro MPs.
Sir Robert Atkins, the former minister who served under Margaret Thatcher andJohn Major, admitted using [pounds sterling]2,500 of taxpayer cash while attending his son'swedding in the U.S..
Scotland's John Purvis was accused of funnelling up to [pounds sterling]1million, which wasmeant to pay staff, into his own firm.
North West MEP Sajjad Karim, who recently defected from the Liberal Democrats,admitted paying his wife [pounds sterling]26,000 a year as an office assistant ...