After 26 years as MP, he announced his decision to stand down after it emerged he had claimed more than # 300,000 in second -
home allowances since 1990, as «part of my salary».
Claim: The Telegraph says the deputy speaker claimed # 142,119 in second
homes allowances since 2001, despite having no mortgage on the property.
Not exact matches
Aside from the original issue of both Mr Mackay and Miss Kirkbride claiming second
home allowances for different
homes - for which David Cameron said Miss Kirkbride's situation was different - further issues have
since been raised:
Lord Bassam quit as Labour's Chief Whip in the Lords last December after it was revealed that
since 2010 he had claimed # 41,000 to commute from Brighton to Westminster — while at the same time getting # 260,000 from an
allowance for senior peers whose main
home is not in London.