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| MP Denis MacShane to be charged with false accounting | MP Denis MacShane to be charged with false accounting |
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| Denis MacShane, the former Labour MP for Rotherham, is to be charged with false accounting over expenses claims, prosecutors have said. | Denis MacShane, the former Labour MP for Rotherham, is to be charged with false accounting over expenses claims, prosecutors have said. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said it had decided there was sufficient evidence to proceed against the ex-minister for allegedly faking receipts. | The Crown Prosecution Service said it had decided there was sufficient evidence to proceed against the ex-minister for allegedly faking receipts. |
| Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of the special crime division at the CPS, said the charge related to alleged fraudulent claims with a total value of £12,900. | |
| "Having thoroughly reviewed the evidence gathered by the police, I have decided there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to bring a criminal charge against Denis MacShane," he said. | |
| "The charge is of false accounting, contrary to the Theft Act 1968. It is alleged that Denis MacShane claimed expenses for research and translation services carried out by a company that did not carry out that work." | "The charge is of false accounting, contrary to the Theft Act 1968. It is alleged that Denis MacShane claimed expenses for research and translation services carried out by a company that did not carry out that work." |
| He will appear at City of Westminister magistrates court on 30 July. |