MPs claim millions from taxpayer while letting out their own London homes
Seventeen landlord MPs have put their housing costs on expenses while raking in income from renting out their own properties.
Seventeen landlord MPs have put their housing costs on expenses while raking in income from renting out their own properties.
Sir John Curtice said ministers should have been "well aware that the public are deeply suspicious of anything that smells of MPs trying to feather their own nests."
The one where a Tory MP who told Marcus Rashford to focus on the day job is revealed to have a second job.
Paying the salaries of MPs’ families will cost taxpayers around £2.5 million this year, it has emerged.
"Not enjoying my breakfast this morning. This is sickening," one person tweeted in response.
His comments come in the wake of the second job scandal in parliament, which has seen many MPs pursue outside interests.
“How come Xmas trees are up when they're not putting them up till after 12th?”, one eagle-eyed constituent said.
Labour said the figures proved there was "something rotten" at the heart of the Conservative Party.
Investment firms buying up farms for mass tree planting are serving only to "offset their guilt", an Earthshot Prize finalist said.
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