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Tories to publish expenses review Tory MPs 'to pay back £250,000'
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The Conservatives are set to publish details of their scrutiny panel's review of Tory MPs' expenses claims. Conservative MPs are to pay back another £125,000 in expenses as a result of the party's scrutiny panel's review of claims, the BBC understands.
David Cameron set up the committee after the Daily Telegraph highlighted a number of extravagant claims and questioned the conduct of some MPs. It doubles to £250,000 the amount being paid back by Conservative MPs in total.
Mr Cameron has summoned all his MPs to a meeting in the Commons where he is currently addressing them about the panel's findings. David Cameron set up the scrutiny panel after the Daily Telegraph highlighted a number of claims which led to Tory MPs saying they would pay back £125,000.
Several Tory MPs have said they will stand down at the next election. Mr Cameron summoned all his MPs to a meeting in the Commons where he has addressed them about its findings.
The BBC's Chief Political Correspondent James Landale said he understood that an interim report covering the claims of the majority, but not all, Tory MPs was being issued shortly after the meeting ends. The BBC's Chief Political Correspondent James Landale said he understood that an interim report covering the claims of the majority, but not all, Tory MPs would be issued later on Thursday.
It is expected to include details of MPs who have repaid more money than previously indicated. He said MPs leaving the meeting described it as "harmonious".
The parliamentary authorities on Thursday said that during the recent controversy over expenses MPs had paid back £500,000 of money claimed.
The £125,000 to be paid back as a result of the Conservative scrutiny panel's review is believed to be in addition to that.
A separate body has been set up by Parliament to go through all MPs' claims over recent years, but Mr Cameron said he wanted the Conservatives to react more quickly to public anger over expenses.