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Why are MPs able to claim Christmas parties on expenses?

23 November 2022

1:27 AM

23 November 2022

1:27 AM

What was Ipsa thinking? That’s the question MPs are asking today after it emerged that the parliamentary spending regulator has decided MPs can claim for their office Christmas parties on expenses. There’s never a good time to make that kind of decision, but particularly not when their constituents aren’t even turning their heating on or using their ovens.

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