Brother of moat cleaning expenses MP wins seven-year planning row with neighbour over ‘eyesore’ access strip to his multi-million pound listed mansion James Hogg clashed with council planners in Andover, Hampshire over his home Asked for permission to build an equestrian workers cottage back in 2013 Neighbours claimed that it was an ‘eyesore’ and looked … Read more
Sir Peter Viggers who came to personify MP expenses scandal when he claimed £1,645 for his ornamental floating duck island has died aged 82 The former Conservative Gosport MP resigned after claiming for a ‘duck island’ It also emerged he had filed receipts for a further £30,000 in gardening costs Sir Peter Viggers, 82, died after … Read more
A junior doctor caught fiddling expenses on the NHS has escaped career ruin after he blamed his behaviour on having a ‘disorganised and chaotic’ home life. Dr Damian Duffy, 32, repeatedly submitted false mileage and timesheet claims for journeys he never made and for shifts he did not work over a four-month period. He also … Read more
Police probe Labour ex-minister’s expenses after he paid £30,000-per-year salary to a long-term friend who was working in his office aged 89 Scotland Yard has launched criminal investigatio into expenses of ex-Labour MP Police began probe into Geoffrey Robinson over £30k salary paid to his friend Mail on Sunday previously reported Robinson’s alleged spying for … Read more