....and this Little Piggy Goes to JAIL
By Lincs Patriot on Apr 8, 2011 | In National, Council Watch, Tax
Former Environment Minister Elliot Morley
Former Scunthorpe MP Elliot Morley has admitted being Parliament's biggest expenses cheat. The ex Labour Minister was caught dishonestly claiming mortgage payments worth more than £30,000. In total, he claimed £16,800 on a phantom mortgage and £15,200 after inflating the amount he was previously paying - for which he should have been entitled to only £1,572. Morley, 58, wrongly filled out a total of 40 forms relating to payments for his home.
Please pass go and go straight to jail. 
He will be joining the three other little pigs:
Jim Devine, the first MP to stand trial in the wake of the expenses scandal, whom was branded a liar by a judge last month as he was jailed for 16 months for offences totalling £8,385.
Former Labour MP, David Chaytor jailed for falsely claiming £22,000
Former Labour MP, Eric Illsley jailed for falsely claiming £14,500
Former Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick seen below awaits sentencing after being convicted by a jury in January of falsely claiming more than £11,000 for travel and overnight subsistence.
It has emerged that MPs were paid £3.2 million in expenses for the final two months of last year.
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