Justice Minister Quits Over Dodgy Expenses
The Daily Telegraph has revealed details of even more MPs on the take.
In the cross hairs tomorrow is Bury North MP David Chaytor. Mr Chaytor, a Labour backbencher, claimed more than £13,000 towards a mortgage he had already paid off in full.
Mr Chaytor admitted his guilt by telling the Telegraph: "In respect of mortgage interest payments, there has been an unforgivable error in my accounting procedures for which I apologise unreservedly.
"I will act immediately to ensure repayment is made to the fees office."
Vultures are also circling around the carcass of Justice Minister Shahid Malik, who was forced to resign today after the earlier publication of his expenses.
The arrogant and unrepentant Labour MP for Dewsbury attempted to defend a £2,000 claim for a 40-inch flatscreen television, £730 for a massage chair and a £65 court summons for non-payment of council tax.
He told Sky News: "It's a non-story because I could be any one of five hundred MPs".
Shameless Malik appeared on the news tonight adamant of his entitlement to these expenses. Virtually confirming his guilt he pleaded to the viewers: "I am as straight as they come".
Labour MP Chris Bryant, famous for posing on a gay dating site in his underwear a few years ago, stands accused of flipping his second home to make a profit on the taxpayer.
Meanwhile David Cameron took the unprecedented step of using this evening's Conservative Party Election Broadcast to apologise for his party's failings in the expenses row.
Mr Cameron also established an independent review body to scrutinise the expenses of every Tory MP and announced plans to publish all their expenses online.
All this less than 3 weeks before the European and Local Government elections.
I sense a bloodbath at the polls.
In the cross hairs tomorrow is Bury North MP David Chaytor. Mr Chaytor, a Labour backbencher, claimed more than £13,000 towards a mortgage he had already paid off in full.
Mr Chaytor admitted his guilt by telling the Telegraph: "In respect of mortgage interest payments, there has been an unforgivable error in my accounting procedures for which I apologise unreservedly.
"I will act immediately to ensure repayment is made to the fees office."
Vultures are also circling around the carcass of Justice Minister Shahid Malik, who was forced to resign today after the earlier publication of his expenses.
The arrogant and unrepentant Labour MP for Dewsbury attempted to defend a £2,000 claim for a 40-inch flatscreen television, £730 for a massage chair and a £65 court summons for non-payment of council tax.
He told Sky News: "It's a non-story because I could be any one of five hundred MPs".
Shameless Malik appeared on the news tonight adamant of his entitlement to these expenses. Virtually confirming his guilt he pleaded to the viewers: "I am as straight as they come".
Labour MP Chris Bryant, famous for posing on a gay dating site in his underwear a few years ago, stands accused of flipping his second home to make a profit on the taxpayer.
Meanwhile David Cameron took the unprecedented step of using this evening's Conservative Party Election Broadcast to apologise for his party's failings in the expenses row.
Mr Cameron also established an independent review body to scrutinise the expenses of every Tory MP and announced plans to publish all their expenses online.
All this less than 3 weeks before the European and Local Government elections.
I sense a bloodbath at the polls.
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