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

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

By Mark Pack | Fri 5th February 2010 - 10:29 pm

Follow @markpack

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:

Read more by Mark Pack or more about david amess or mps expenses.
This entry was posted in News.

Advert

One Comment

Tim Twist 11th Mar '10 - 2:47pm

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???

2 Trackbacks

By What happened to the 21 Conservative MPs who voted to block expenses reform in summer 2008? on Sun 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 Tue 9th February 2010 at 3:28 pm.

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

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Website

Comment

Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Most Read

Op-eds

Tom Arms’ World Review (Tom Arms)
Observations of an Expat: Visions of America (Tom Arms)
Championing stronger AI resilience: Take-away from ALDE Congress 2026 (Larry Ngan)
Introducing The Grimond Society (Jack Meredith)
The proud independence of the Isle Of Man (Paul Walter)

Advert

Recent Comments

Paul Walter
Simon, the basic tax rate in the IOM is 10%. Peter, to say simply “And the justification for all this is the weather in the Irish Sea?…” - Is I believe a...
Simon Costain
I'm guessing around a thousand high net worth individuals are resident on the Isle of Man for tax purposes, though others suggest up to 3,000 Low earners on ...
David Wright
While Trump's "gift of the license to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles" is welcome, it won't stop a single Russian missile aimed at Ukraine this year or...
Matt Wardman
Thanks for the piece, Tom. I tend to disagree on the NATO summit. Listening to serious reports (my goto since February 2022 has been the Telegraph's Ukraine ...
theakes
Considerable concern in Democratic circles that Trump will call the coming election rigged, cancel the States results won by the opposition and then impose mart...