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| Osborne facing expenses inquiry | Osborne facing expenses inquiry |
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| Shadow chancellor George Osborne is facing an inquiry by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner into aspects of his expenses claims. | Shadow chancellor George Osborne is facing an inquiry by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner into aspects of his expenses claims. |
| The move came after a complaint by a constituent who is a Labour supporter. | The move came after a complaint by a constituent who is a Labour supporter. |
| The watchdog's probe relates to Mr Osborne's second home designation between 2001 and 2003 and mortgage clams he made after 2003. | The watchdog's probe relates to Mr Osborne's second home designation between 2001 and 2003 and mortgage clams he made after 2003. |
| Mr Osborne, who has so far paid back £1,195.49 in expenses, is said to be "relaxed" about the probe. | Mr Osborne, who has so far paid back £1,195.49 in expenses, is said to be "relaxed" about the probe. |
| The Commissioner John Lyon launched his investigation in response to a complaint by Laurie Burton, the chair of the local Labour Party in Mr Osborne's Tatton constituency. | |
| Mr Burton alleges that, between 2001 and 2003, Mr Osborne wrongly identified his main home for the purposes of claiming a second home allowance. | |
| He also alleges that, from 2003, Mr Osborne claimed for mortgage payments "that were not necessarily incurred". | |
| But Mr Lyon said he would not be looking into claims made by the Daily Telegraph that Mr Osborne may have avoided capital gains tax on the sale of his London home in 2006 - allegations Mr Osborne denies. | |
| Mr Osborne is among more than 90 Tory MPs who have agreed to repay money since the expenses scandal erupted. | |
| He has repaid the £440 cost of a late-night taxi trip between his constituency and London in 2005, £654 for an insurance bill that was wrongly calculated and £99 for an administrative error on a mortgage claim. | |
| The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is already investigating two Tory MPs - Brian Binley and Anne Main - over aspects of their expenses, as well as ex-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and ex-Home Office minister Tony McNulty. |