[Crimson Dynamo]

This clown has to be sacked and quickly

David Laws, the man in charge of slashing public spending, was under pressure to resign this afternoon after it was revealed that he funnelled £40,000 of taxpayers' money to his secret gay lover.

The Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury is facing a sleaze inquiry after he claimed up to £950 a month in expenses for five years which was paid in rent to his partner.

Mr Laws was last night confronted with evidence that he could have breached Parliamentary rules on expenses, which ban MPs from renting from spouses or lovers.

He issued an apology and announced he would 'immediately' pay back tens of thousands of pounds claimed for rent and other housing costs.

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