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Originally Posted by smudgie

So she claims £5 grand a year on her London (work) home but she lives at home with her parents when not in London for work.
Where exactly is the ruddy story here.

Sounds to me like she claims that her parents address is her permanent residence and her place in London is work accommodation and thus eligible for expenses claims ... when in fact her "work home" is in reality her main residence and she just goes to her parents house to collect her mail at the weekend.

There should be stricter criteria on what can and can't be considered a work expense. Either that, or the govt. should provide University Halls style residences for all MP's free of charge, and if they want anything more than that then it's out of their own pocket. Quite amusing the thought of them all having to fight over the toaster .