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Tessa Munt denies council tax claims from Mail on Sunday

By The Voice | Mon 19th July 2010 - 10:07 pm

The BBC reports:

Wells MP Tessa Munt has denied any wrongdoing after a national newspaper reported allegations that she falsely claimed a council tax discount.

It is alleged that the Liberal Democrat MP was sharing her home with broadcaster Andy Kershaw and a GP while claiming the discount for living alone.

Ms Munt said: “Neither of these two people were living with me.” …

Ms Munt said that the Mail on Sunday newspaper had “muddled the difference between council tax and electoral registration”.

She said both Mr Kershaw and the GP, John Laband, were registered to vote at her address as they did not

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