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MP Nadine Dorries told to repay £3,000 expenses MP Nadine Dorries repays £3,000 travel expenses
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Nadine Dorries has been told to repay £3,000 of parliamentary expenses. Nadine Dorries has repaid £3,000 of parliamentary expenses.
Ipsa said Ms Dorries had not made any "deliberate attempt to profit" from her expenses, but it ruled she had wrongly claimed £3,000 travel expenses. Expenses watchdog Ipsa said Ms Dorries had not made any "deliberate attempt to profit" but it ruled she had wrongly claimed £3,000 travel expenses.
The Mid-Bedfordshire MP said last month that she was going to stop claiming expenses, adding it would help her argue for the system to be scrapped.The Mid-Bedfordshire MP said last month that she was going to stop claiming expenses, adding it would help her argue for the system to be scrapped.
Ms Dorries questioned why Ipsa had chosen to launch to such "an expensive and time consuming investigation".Ms Dorries questioned why Ipsa had chosen to launch to such "an expensive and time consuming investigation".
In a blog she suggested the investigation may have been timed to undermine her chances of being re-admitted to the Conservative Party in Parliament after she lost the whip for appearing in the television show I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here without permission.In a blog she suggested the investigation may have been timed to undermine her chances of being re-admitted to the Conservative Party in Parliament after she lost the whip for appearing in the television show I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here without permission.
She writes: "I am sure it is a coincidence that as the pressure began to mount for my whip to be returned after three months of suspension, wham, I suddenly had an investigation in process."She writes: "I am sure it is a coincidence that as the pressure began to mount for my whip to be returned after three months of suspension, wham, I suddenly had an investigation in process."
An Ipsa spokesman said: "MPs have a responsibility to ensure that any expenses claims they make are for parliamentary purposes.
"As part of the regular review of all MPs' claims, Ipsa's internal assurance function found that Nadine Dorries MP's pattern of travel and accommodation claims were unusual, and were referred to the compliance officer for investigation.
"The compliance officer for Ipsa has concluded his investigation into claims made by Ms Dorries for accommodation and travel and subsistence under the third and fourth editions of the scheme.
"The compliance officer has found that claims made by Ms Dorries were outside the scheme, and that these claims should be repaid. Ms Dorries has subsequently repaid these claims."