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| MP repays mortgage expense error | |
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| A former environment minister has admitted claiming £16,000 on expenses for a mortgage that did not exist. | A former environment minister has admitted claiming £16,000 on expenses for a mortgage that did not exist. |
| Labour MP Elliot Morley claimed £800 per month for a property in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, when the mortgage had already been paid. | |
| Mr Morley told the BBC he repaid the money after realising he had mistakenly continued claiming for his mortgage payments after it was repaid in 2006. | Mr Morley told the BBC he repaid the money after realising he had mistakenly continued claiming for his mortgage payments after it was repaid in 2006. |
| It is the latest in a string of Daily Telegraph revelations on MPs' expenses. | It is the latest in a string of Daily Telegraph revelations on MPs' expenses. |
| Mr Morley told the BBC the mistake was entirely his fault, that he "should have kept a tighter rein" and that he felt terrible about the situation. | Mr Morley told the BBC the mistake was entirely his fault, that he "should have kept a tighter rein" and that he felt terrible about the situation. |
| It comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative leader David Cameron clashed in the Commons over the need for reform. | It comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative leader David Cameron clashed in the Commons over the need for reform. |
| Mr Brown has said all MPs' receipts for expenses claimed over four years must be independently scrutinised. | Mr Brown has said all MPs' receipts for expenses claimed over four years must be independently scrutinised. |
| Mr Cameron - who has told his MPs they must pay back excessive claims or face the sack - said simply looking at whether past rules were obeyed would not restore trust. | Mr Cameron - who has told his MPs they must pay back excessive claims or face the sack - said simply looking at whether past rules were obeyed would not restore trust. |
| Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on Commons Speaker Michael Martin over his handling of the furore. | Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on Commons Speaker Michael Martin over his handling of the furore. |
| Conservative Douglas Carswell is to table a motion of no-confidence in Mr Martin, with several Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs agreeing to back him. | Conservative Douglas Carswell is to table a motion of no-confidence in Mr Martin, with several Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs agreeing to back him. |