Tories take expenses transparency to a new level
The Conservative Shadow Cabinet are now going to publish every expenses claim they make online, as soon as they are made.
You can see the results here:
So, for example, you can see that North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson, the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, claimed ã108 for newspapers on Wednesday, May 13.
Caroline Spelman (Merdien) and Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) will also be publishing their expenses online, as members of the Shadow Cabinet.
Cameron devotes his TV election broadcast tonight to the subject of expenses - including an admission that MPs had been claiming what they could "get away with" rather than what they need.
Here's a sneak preview:
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