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Labour Prime Minister, Gordon Brown releases cleaning contract: Downing Street has been forced to reveal details of the contract for cleaning Gordon Brown's flat after it was revealed he had made payments to his brother out of his expenses. Mr Brown claimed £9,000 to have his kitchen refurbished in 2005. In common with other senior ministers, Mr Brown claimed public money for a second home even though he is provided with a grace-and-favour home in Downing Street. When he was Chancellor, Mr Brown also made claims including £372 on subscription fees for satellite television; £723 for “cleaning services”; £650 on food; and £1,396 for painting and decorating. Mr Brown also claimed £15 for lightbulbs.

Labour Minister of Justice, Shahid Malik, his house and the slum landlord: In a fresh embarrassment to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a minister in his cabinet was on Friday hit by the MPs' expenses row with a report revealing that he claimed thousands of pounds in public money for his second home while paying much less for his main house. Pakistani-origin lawmaker Shahid Malik, Justice minister in the Labour government and one of Labour party's rising Asian stars, who claimed most expenses of all 646 MPs in 2007, rented a house from a convicted slum landlord, a report by the Daily Telegraph said. Malik claimed nearly 67,000 pounds over three years for a London townhouse while paying just 100 pounds a week – well below market rent – on the house that he designated as his "main residence," it claimed. In his Dewsbury constituency, Malik rented the three- bedroom property from a local landlord who was fined for letting an "uninhabitable" house.

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Labour MP David Chaytor suspended over expenses: MP David Chaytor has been suspended by the Parliamentary Labour Party amid allegations he claimed money for a mortgage he had already paid off. He is the second Labour MP to be suspended and the latest from both main parties to face investigation amid continuing controversy over expenses. The Bury North MP took nearly £13,000 for the flat in London after it was paid off in 2004. Saturday's Telegraph makes allegations against several Labour and Tory MPs. Mr Chaytor is referring himself to the MPs standards watchdog over the matter. He was quoted by the Telegraph as saying he had made an "unforgivable error in my accounting procedures for which I apologise unreservedly".

Labour MP Elliot Morley suspended: Former minister Elliot Morley has been suspended by the Labour Party after admitting he claimed £16,000 in House of Commons expenses for a mortgage which had been paid off. A softly-spoken Liverpudlian who steadfastly maintained a modest public profile, Mr Morley may find that it will be his role in the leaked expenses scandal for which he is most widely remembered. With his ability to carry on as an MP called into question, it is an inauspicious career turn for a man hitherto respected across the political divide for his straight-talking manner, commitment to the environment and understanding of animal welfare issues, and among all the MPs exposed by the Daily Telegraph for their excessive claims.

Labour MP Hazel Blears claims for three properties: Communities Secretary claimed for three properties in a single year at taxpayers’ expense and spent time in one of London’s most fashionable hotels. Miss Blears sold one property in Kennington, south London, in August 2004 for £200,000, making a profit of £45,000. She admitted last night that she did not pay capital gains tax (CGT) on the profit from the sale because "no liability" had arisen. The admission suggested that Miss Blears declared the flat as her primary residence for tax purposes while at the same time telling the Commons authorities that it was her second home, a designation that enabled her to claim hundreds of pounds in parliamentary expenses. CGT is liable to be paid on the profit from the sale of any property that is not classified with HM Revenue & Customs as a "main residence". At the time of the sale Miss Blears had informed the Commons authorities that the Kennington flat was her second home, enabling her to claim mortgage interest payments on it at £850 a month. The Telegraph's investigation into MPs' expenses established that Miss Blears had claimed for three properties in a single year at taxpayers' expense. In March 2004 she stated to the Commons that her second home was a property in her Salford constituency, which she has owned with her husband since June 1997. During March 2004 she bought an £850 television and video recorder and a £651 mattress for this home. In April 2004 she redesignated the Kennington flat as her second home with the Commons. After selling it four months later she spent taxpayer-funded nights in hotels in London, including the Zetter in Clerkenwell, where rooms cost £211 a night. In December 2004 she bought another London flat with a mortgage of more than £1,000 a month and claimed it as her second home. Over the next four months, she claimed for groceries, furniture worth £4,874, a bed at £899 and £913 for a new TV.

Independent Member of Parliament Clare Short made excessive claim for mortgage: Former international development secretary admitted claiming thousands which she was not entitled, months after standing down as a Cabinet minister. The Telegraph says the former Labour cabinet minister over-claimed on her mortgage by more than £8,000 between 2004 and 2006. During that period, it says, the now independent MP was reimbursed for capital and interest payments on a mortgage for her second home in Birmingham when she was only entitled to receiving costs for interest payments on the loan. Ms Short says she made an "honest mistake" and repaid the money in full - £8,436.36 - in 2006. She said she remortgaged her second home six months after leaving the cabinet in 2004. The error arose from the fact that, until 2003, she had had an interest only mortgage. After switching to a repayment mortgage, she continued to send bills to the fees office but her change in circumstances was not noticed until 2006. She said she was "embarrassed and irritated" it had taken so long for the authorities to notice this while stressing that she had not "milked" the allowances regime and the system had worked in spotting and rectifying the problem, long before the recent rows over expenses started.

Homes in the Cotswolds, South Africa and Bedfordshire but MP Nadine Dorries doesn't live near the House of Commons: A colourful Tory MP was at the centre of a fresh expenses riddle last night after admitting that she runs four homes – none of which is near the Commons. Nadine Dorries admitted to The Mail on Sunday that she claims for a second home in her Mid-Bedfordshire constituency, just 100 miles from her main home in the Cotswolds. In addition, she earns rental income from a separate home in the Cotswolds and a holiday home in South Africa. Ms Dorries has claimed a total of £65,918 under the Additional Costs Allowance – intended to reimburse MPs for the cost of staying away from home on parliamentary business – since being elected in 2005.

Labour Culture Secretary Andy Burnham's battle over claim: Andy Burnham was involved in an eight-month battle with the fees office after making a single expenses claim for more than £16,500.

Hilary Armstrong told buying a computer could make her 'vulnerable’: A former government chief whip was told by the Commons authorities that allowing the Labour Party to pay for and run a computer at her taxpayer-funded home could make her “politically vulnerable”.

Alistair Darling's stamp duty paid by public: The taxpayer contributed almost £10,000 to the costs of Alistair Darling buying a new London flat after the Chancellor changed the official designation of his second home.

Labour MP Fabian Hamilton overclaimed for mortgage: Labour MP Fabian Hamilton said his mother's house was his main residence while he refurbished family home at taxpayers' expense.

Balls and Cooper 'flipped' homes: Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, the husband and wife Cabinet ministers, “flipped” the designation of their second home three times in two years.

Harry Cohen redecorated home on taxpayer then sold it: The veteran Labour MP, claimed thousands of pounds on his expenses for redecorating his second home before selling it.

Phil Woolas claimed for women's clothing and panty liners: The hapless Immigration Minister unnecessarily put through receipts that show he claimed on his Parliamentary expenses for nappies, comics and women's clothing.

Ministers lavish £100k on shared central London flat: Two Labour ministers, Iain Wright and Tom Watson, have used their parliamentary allowances to lavish more than £100,000 on a shared central London crash pad since the last general election.

Gerry Adams and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though they refuse to attend Parliament

Douglas Alexander spent more than £30,000 doing up his constituency home – which then suffered damage in a house fire.

Michael Ancram put the cost of having his swimming pool boiler serviced on his parliamentary allowances. He has agreed to repay the money

James Arbuthnot claimed from the public finances for cleaning his swimming pool at a country residence. He has agreed to repay the money

Vera Baird claimed the cost of Christmas tree decorations

Norman Baker asked if he could claim for a bicycle and a computer so he could listen to music and email family and friends

Greg Barker made a £320,000 profit selling a flat the taxpayer had helped pay for. He has agreed to repay £10,000.

Margaret Beckett made a £600 claim for hanging baskets and pot plants

Tony Blair re-mortgaged his constituency home and claimed almost a third of the interest around the time he was buying another property in London

Crispin Blunt told to stop claiming Commons allowance on his home because his children live there

Ben Bradshaw used his allowance to pay the mortgage interest on a flat he owned jointly with his boyfriend

Kevin Brennan had a £450 television delivered to his family home in Cardiff even though he reclaimed the money back on his London second home allowance

Stephen Byers claimed more than £125,000 for repairs and maintenance at a London flat owned outright by his partner, where he lives rent-free

Vince Cable forgoes the second home allowance, but asked whether he could claim backdated payments of the London supplement instead

David Cameron limited his claims to mortgage interest payments and utility bills. He will repay the only maintenance bill he claimed - £600 for the removal of wisteria

Menzies Campbell hired a top interior designer to refurbish his small flat in central London at taxpayers’ expense. He will repay the £1,490.66 cost of an interior designer

Ronnie Campbell claimed a total of £87,729 for furniture for his London flat

James Clappison owns 24 houses but billed more than £100,000, including thousands for gardening and redecoration

Kenneth Clarke managed to avoid paying the full rate of council tax on either of his two homes by effectively claiming that neither is his main residence. He has agreed to pay the full rate in future but defended his past behaviour.

Nick Clegg claimed the maximum allowed under his parliamentary second home allowance

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown “flipped” his second home designation from London to his Gloucestershire home, before buying a £2,750,000 house.

Stephen Crabb claimed his “main home” was a room in another MP’s flat, after buying a new house for his family at taxpayers’ expense

Tam Dalyell attempted to claim £18,000 for bookcases two months before he retired as an MP

David Davis spent more than £10,000 of taxpayers’ money on home improvements in four years, including a new £5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire.

Alan Duncan spent thousands from his allowance on gardening, including repairs to his lawnmower. He has agreed to repay £5,000

Caroline Flint claimed £14,000 for fees for new flat

Barbara Follett used £25,000 of taxpayers' money to pay for private security patrols at her home

Andrew George used parliamentary expenses for a London flat used by his student daughter. He also claimed hundreds of pounds for hotel stays with his wife. He has said he will repay £20 for a hotel breakfast

Cheryl Gillan bought dog food using her allowance but agreed to pay it back after being contacted by the Telegraph

Julia Goldsworthy spent thousands of pounds on expensive furniture just days before the deadline for using up parliamentary allowances. She has promised to pay back £1,005 for a leather rocking chair

Michael Gove spent thousands on his London home before "flipping" his Commons allowance to another address. He has agreed to repay £7,000

Chris Grayling claimed for a London flat even though his constituency home is only 17 miles from the House of Commons. He has agreed to stop doing so

John Gummer's gardening, including the removal of moles from his lawn, cost the taxpayer £9,000

Nick Harvey had to be reminded twice by parliamentary officials to submit receipts with his expenses claims

Alan Haselhurst charged the taxpayer almost £12,000 for gardening bills at his farmhouse in Essex, his expenses claims show.

David Heathcoat-Amory’s gardener used hundreds of sacks of horse manure and the MP submitted the receipts to Parliament

Nick Herbert charged taxpayers more than £10,000 for stamp duty and fees when he and his partner bought a home together in his constituency

Douglas Hogg included with his expenses claims the cost of having the moat cleared, piano tuned and stable lights fixed at his country manor house. He has agreed to repay £2,200 for the moat clearing

Geoff Hoon established a property empire worth £1.7 million after claiming taxpayer-funded expenses for at least two properties

Phil Hope spent more than £10,000 in one year refurbishing a small London flat. He has promised to pay back £41,000 to the taxpayer

Kelvin Hopkins claims just a fraction of the available second-home allowance by taking the train to Westminster from his home town

Chris Huhne regularly submits receipts for bus tickets and groceries including pints of milk, fluffy dusters, lavatory rolls and chocolate HobNobs. He has promised to pay back £119 for a trouser press

Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on refurbishing his swimming pool. He has agreed to repay the costs associated with his pool

Sir Gerald Kaufman charged the taxpayer £1,851 for a rug he imported from a New York antiques centre and tried to claim £8,865 for a television

Alan and Ann Keen claimed almost £40,000 a year on a central London flat although their family home was less than 10 miles away

Julie Kirkbride's husband Andrew Mackay resigned as David Cameron's aide after it emerged that the two MPs were making claims that meant they effectively had no main home but two second homes, both funded with public money.

Andrew Lansley spent more than £4,000 of taxpayers’ money renovating his country home months before he sold it. He will repay £2,600 of decorating fees

Oliver Letwin repaired a pipe beneath his tennis court using taxpayers' money. He has agreed to repay the money

Lord Mandelson faces questions over the timing of his house claim which came after he had announced he would step down

Andrew Mackay resigned as David Cameron's aide after it emerged that he and his wife Julie Kirkbride were making claims that meant they effectively had no main home but two second homes, both funded with public money.

Bob Marshall-Andrews claimed £118,000 for expenses at his second home, including stereo equipment, extensive redecoration and a pair of Kenyan carpets.

John Maples declared a private members’ club as his main home to the parliamentary authorities. He claimed the maximum second home allowance on his family house while apparently not having a “main” property to maintain.

Michael Martin used taxpayers' money to pay for chauffeur-driven cars to his local job centre and Celtic's football ground

Francis Maude claimed almost £35,000 in two years for mortgage interest payments on a London flat when he owned a house just a few hundred yards away. He has agreed to stop claiming for a second home

Martin McGuinness and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

David Miliband's spending was queried by his gardener

Austin Mitchell claimed for security shutters, ginger crinkle biscuits and the cost of reupholstering his sofa. He has offered to donate his old sofa coverings to make amends

Margaret Moran switched the address of her second home, allowing her to claim £22,500 to fix a dry rot problem. She has agreed to repay the money while insisting she acted within the rules. She could face an investigation for allegedly using Commons stationery to keep neighbours away from her fourth property in Spain. She also billed the taxpayer for nearly £4,000 in legal fees in settling a dispute with one of her staff

Conor Murphy and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

Paul Murphy had a new plumbing system installed at taxpayers’ expense because the water in the old one was “too hot”

Lembit Opik had to pay £2,499 for a 42-inch plasma television after purchasing it while Parliament was dissolved

George Osborne was rebuked by the Commons authorities for using public money to fund his "political" website. He also claimed money for a chauffeur-driven car which he has agreed to repay

John Prescott claimed for two lavatory seats in two years

Alan Reid claimed more than £1,500 on his parliamentary expenses for staying in hotels and bed-and-breakfasts near his home

John Reid used his allowance to pay for slotted spoons, an ironing board and a glittery loo seat

Angus Robertson successfully appealed to the fees office when they turned down his claim for a £400 home cinema system

Peter and Iris Robinson both claimed expenses based on the same £1,223 bill when they submitted their parliamentary claims in 2007

Richard Younger-Ross spent £1,235 on four mirrors and bought 'Don Juan’ bookcase

Alex Salmond claimed £400 per month for food when the Commons was not even sitting

Michael Spicer claimed for work on his helipad and received thousands of pounds for gardening bills.

Anthony Steen claimed £87,000 on country mansion with 500 trees

Jack Straw only paid half the amount of council tax that he claimed on his parliamentary allowances over four years but later rectified the over-claim

Don Touhig spent thousands of pounds redecorating his constituency home before “flipping” his allowance to a flat in London

Kitty Ussher asked the Commons authorities to fund extensive refurbishment of her Victorian family home

Keith Vaz claimed £75,500 for a second flat near Parliament even though he already lived just 12 miles from Westminster

Theresa Villiers claimed almost £16,000 in stamp duty and professional fees on expenses when she bought a London flat, even though she already had a house in the capital. She has agreed to stop claiming the second home allowance

Steve Webb sold his London flat and bought another nearby, while the taxpayer picked up an £8,400 bill for stamp duty

Shaun Woodward received £100,000 to help pay mortgage

David Willetts, the Conservatives' choice for skills minister, needed help changing light bulbs. He has agreed to repay the bill

Sir Nicholas Winterton and his wife Ann claimed more than £80,000 for a London flat owned by a trust controlled by their children

Derek Wyatt billed 75p for scotch eggs