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| Six MPs' expenses appeals fail | |
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| Six of the last MPs to appeal against a ruling that they repay expenses claims have been told they must pay them back. | |
| But Judge Sir Paul Kennedy has ruled another eight have been partially or wholly successful in their appeals. | |
| Sir Thomas Legg's audit angered some MPs because he set limits on what they should have claimed for services and told them to pay back the difference. | Sir Thomas Legg's audit angered some MPs because he set limits on what they should have claimed for services and told them to pay back the difference. |
| MPs were told to pay back £1.12m ruled to have been wrongly claimed under the old, discredited, expenses system. | MPs were told to pay back £1.12m ruled to have been wrongly claimed under the old, discredited, expenses system. |
| Some of Sir Thomas's requests were overturned on appeal to a judge, Sir Paul Kennedy. | Some of Sir Thomas's requests were overturned on appeal to a judge, Sir Paul Kennedy. |
| But 14 had made late appeals - the outcome of those were published on the Parliament website on Tuesday morning. | |
| Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox was among MPs who were unsuccessful but he has already repaid more than £22,000 claimed on mortgage interest on his second home. | |