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UK: The A-Z of MPs’ new expenses claims

By Caroline Wheeler, Tom Calver and Rosamund Urwin From the Times UK

Culture secretary Jeremy Wright and Labour’s Andy McDonald are among MPs who have claimed for air freshener.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has spent £4,732 on his office burglar alarm since 2010.

C Geoffrey Cox, now the attorney-general, flew to the Cayman Islands at a cost to the taxpayer of £1,836 in September 2014.

D Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, spent £943.92 on decorations and maintenance of his constituency offices in 2017.

The hardline Brexiteer European Research Group has received about £331,000 from the taxpayer since 2010, mainly funded through Tory MPs’ £2,000 annual subscriptions.

F Two MPs have bought fax machines — widely seen as obsolete technology — since 2017.

G Jeremy Hunt’s office has spent £1,182 on glasses and eye…Want to read more?Subscribe now and get unlimited digital access on web and our smartphone and 

For more on this story go to; https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/the-a-z-of-mps-new-expenses-claims-mwsgpxxff

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