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| Conservative leader David Cameron is to launch a new crackdown on his MEPs' expenses later, the BBC has learned. | Conservative leader David Cameron is to launch a new crackdown on his MEPs' expenses later, the BBC has learned. |
| All Tory MEPs will have to fill out a "right to know form" with details of expenses they have claimed. | All Tory MEPs will have to fill out a "right to know form" with details of expenses they have claimed. |
| It follows the resignation of Giles Chichester, the party's leader in Brussels, after he admitted breaking European Parliament rules on expenses. | It follows the resignation of Giles Chichester, the party's leader in Brussels, after he admitted breaking European Parliament rules on expenses. |
| The MEP paid thousands of pounds in staff allowances to a firm of which he is a paid director. | |
| The MEP for South West England and Gibraltar said he had not realised the European Parliament's rules had changed and vowed to clear his name. | The MEP for South West England and Gibraltar said he had not realised the European Parliament's rules had changed and vowed to clear his name. |
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| The new scheme will be equivalent to one established unilaterally for Conservative MPs at Westminster. | |
| In April, the Tories announced that their MEPs would have to declare who they employ, whether they are related to them and how much they are paid, within £10,000. | |
| They were also told they would have to publish an annual statement of expenses and travel allowances which will have to be checked by an independent accountant. | |
| This will bring them more into line with Labour MEPs, whose expenses have been subject to independent audit since 2000. | |
| A document outlining Tory MPs' expenses will be published next week. |