Scots Mps Funnelling Public Cash to Parties

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SCOTS MPs are channelling hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to their local parties with payments for rent, utility bills and other "services", expenses claims have revealed.

Scotland on Sunday has uncovered several cases where MPs have set up shop in their local constituency offices and then paid their own parties courtesy of the public purse.

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Scots Mps Funnelling Public Cash to Parties

In one case, a Liberal Democrat MP arranged for his local party to become his landlord, after which the rent was increased to sky- high prices. He claimed last night that the GBP 14,000 a year he paid to his party was not subsidising it.

In another case, an SNP MP has paid two branches in h...

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