Miss Dorries, who once complained that MPs had become victims of a “witch-hunt”, is the subject of an inquiry by John Lyon, the parliamentary commissioner for standards. Mr Lyon is investigating a complaint about controversial claims for tens of thousands of pounds in “second home” allowances made by the MP for Mid Bedfordshire.

Miss Dorries suggested to this newspaper that she usually stayed in a house in her constituency that was designated as her taxpayer-funded “second home”. She said that she kept her pet dogs there and that one of her daughters attended a nearby school.
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However the divorced mother-of-three later said on her blog that the “other” home was in fact a rented property near her former marital house in the Cotswolds.
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But by designating it as her “second home”, Miss Dorries has been able to claim more than £45,000 in public funds to rent the constituency property since 2006/07. She has also claimed thousands more for council tax and other bills.

….more at the Daily Telegraph

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