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| Which MPs didn't claim expenses? | Which MPs didn't claim expenses? |
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| The Daily Telegraph has published details of many MPs' expenses claims over the past four years. | The Daily Telegraph has published details of many MPs' expenses claims over the past four years. |
| Amid the negative headlines generated by its revelations, there remain MPs from outside London who in the year to April 2008 claimed none, or only a fraction of, the £24,000 second homes allowance designed to cover the costs of them having to be in the capital on parliamentary business. Here are some of them: | Amid the negative headlines generated by its revelations, there remain MPs from outside London who in the year to April 2008 claimed none, or only a fraction of, the £24,000 second homes allowance designed to cover the costs of them having to be in the capital on parliamentary business. Here are some of them: |
| Labour Conservative Lib Dems | Labour Conservative Lib Dems |
| LABOUR MPS | LABOUR MPS |
| Martin Salter, Celia Barlow and Geoffrey Robinson are the three Labour MPs from constituencies outside London not to have claimed a penny in second homes allowance last year. | Martin Salter, Celia Barlow and Geoffrey Robinson are the three Labour MPs from constituencies outside London not to have claimed a penny in second homes allowance last year. |
| Martin Salter is happy commuting from Reading to London | Martin Salter is happy commuting from Reading to London |
| Ms Barlow, elected MP for Hove in 2005, has a second home in London but does not accept any public funding for it through a matter of "personal choice". | Ms Barlow, elected MP for Hove in 2005, has a second home in London but does not accept any public funding for it through a matter of "personal choice". |
| Mr Salter, who is standing down as MP for Reading West at the next election, says he commutes to and from Reading most days and therefore does not need a second home. | Mr Salter, who is standing down as MP for Reading West at the next election, says he commutes to and from Reading most days and therefore does not need a second home. |
| Former minister Mr Robinson is a multi-millionaire following a successful business career. | Former minister Mr Robinson is a multi-millionaire following a successful business career. |
| Other Labour MP's who chose to claim only a fraction of the maximum £23,083 allowance permitted in 2007-8 include: | Other Labour MP's who chose to claim only a fraction of the maximum £23,083 allowance permitted in 2007-8 include: |
| Kelvin Hopkins: (Luton North: £1,242) | Kelvin Hopkins: (Luton North: £1,242) |
| Fiona McTaggart: (Slough: £3,392) | Fiona McTaggart: (Slough: £3,392) |
| Alan Williams: (Swansea West: £5,221) | Alan Williams: (Swansea West: £5,221) |
| Jon Trickett: (Hemsworth: £6,141) | Jon Trickett: (Hemsworth: £6,141) |
| Ed Miliband: (Doncaster North: £7,670) | Ed Miliband: (Doncaster North: £7,670) |
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| CONSERVATIVE MPS | CONSERVATIVE MPS |
| A handful of Conservative MPs - some within commuting distance of London - did not claim any second home allowance last year. | A handful of Conservative MPs - some within commuting distance of London - did not claim any second home allowance last year. |
| Philip Dunne has a flat in London but does not charge the taxpayer for it | Philip Dunne has a flat in London but does not charge the taxpayer for it |
| They were: | They were: |
| Adam Afriyie: (Windsor) | Adam Afriyie: (Windsor) |
| Richard Benyon: (Newbury) | Richard Benyon: (Newbury) |
| Philip Dunne: (Ludlow) | Philip Dunne: (Ludlow) |
| Anne Milton: (Guildford) | Anne Milton: (Guildford) |
| Rob Wilson: (Reading East). | Rob Wilson: (Reading East). |
| As well as not claiming a second home allowance, Mr Afriyie - elected in 2005 - was not reimbursed for any travel costs. | As well as not claiming a second home allowance, Mr Afriyie - elected in 2005 - was not reimbursed for any travel costs. |
| Mr Dunne owns a flat in London but says he believes claiming for it is not "the right thing to do". | Mr Dunne owns a flat in London but says he believes claiming for it is not "the right thing to do". |
| Ms Milton says she does not need a second allowance as she lives in Guildford - about 40 minutes away by train. | Ms Milton says she does not need a second allowance as she lives in Guildford - about 40 minutes away by train. |
| Anne Widdecombe, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, claimed just £858 in second home allowances last year and says MPs who have abused the system should stand down. | Anne Widdecombe, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, claimed just £858 in second home allowances last year and says MPs who have abused the system should stand down. |
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| LIB DEM MPS | LIB DEM MPS |
| David Howarth says changed sitting hours allow more MPs to commute | David Howarth says changed sitting hours allow more MPs to commute |
| David Howarth, MP for Cambridge, is alone among Lib Dem MPs outside greater London in not claiming for a second homes allowance last year. | |
| He says he prefers to travel to and from Cambridge every day because it "keeps him in touch" with his family and his constituents. | He says he prefers to travel to and from Cambridge every day because it "keeps him in touch" with his family and his constituents. |
| He says the second home allowance should only be used for paying for hotel accommodation or rental property. | He says the second home allowance should only be used for paying for hotel accommodation or rental property. |
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