The most improbable MP expenses defence: my bank told me to do it

By Mark Pack | Published 5th February 2010 - 10:29 pm
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It’s a toughly contested field. But I think we have a clear winner in the “most improbable excuse for expenses claims” stakes.

Step forward David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West.

He previously took to hiding in a hairdressers to avoid answering questions about his expense claims, he was one of the MPs who voted to block expense reform in the summer of 2008 and now he’s come out with this:

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Tim Twist

Posted 11th March 2010 at 2:47 pm | Permalink

If MPs have been reimbursed for anything they have bought then surely whatever it is, duck house, cushion or TV, it then belongs to the tax payer and must be returned when they leave Parliament. Or do they get the value deducted from their golden parachute???

By What happened to the 21 Conservative MPs who voted to block expenses reform in summer 2008? on 7th February 2010 at 10:22 am.

[...] David Amess – overclaimed on his expenses and then said his bank had told me to overclaim [...]
By What happened to the 21 Conservative MPs who voted to block expenses reform in summer 2008? | Mark Pack on 9th February 2010 at 3:28 pm.

[...] David Amess – overclaimed on his expenses and then said his bank had told me to overclaim [...]