From the Labour Party website: “The values Labour stands for today, social justice, a strong community and strong values, reward for hard work, decency and rights matched by responsibilities, are those which have guided it throughout its existence.”
- Communities Secretary Hazel Blears pays no capital gains tax on the £45,000 profit she made on a property whose mortgage was paid for her by taxpayers.
- Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon claims over £60,000 for refurbishments on his second home.
- Culture Secretary Andy Burnham receives over £16,000 to refurbish his London flat.
- Chancellor of the Exchequer claims over £10,000 to refurbish his London flat.
- Taxpayers contribute more than £100,000 to pay the mortgage on Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward’s £1.35m flat.
- International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander claims more than £30,000 refurbishing his house.
- Foreign Secretary David Miliband claims over £30,000 for refurbishing his house.
- Tourism Minister claims over £25,000 for security patrols at her London home.
- Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz claims over £75,000 to fund a second home around 12 miles from his first home.
- Chairman of Conservative policy review team Oliver Letwin claims £2,000 to repair a leaky pipe under his tennis court.
- Shadow Schools Secretary Michael Gove claims over £7,000 to furnish a house then £13,000 to move to another one.
- Shadow Cabinet Office Francis Maude claims more than £35,000 in mortgage payments on a flat close to a house he already owned and rented out.
- Former Tory cabinet minister John Gummer claimed more than £9,000 a year for gardening.
- Deputy Speaker Alan Haselhurst claimed £142,119 in second home allowances despite having no mortgage on the property, including £12,000 on gardening.
- Chairman of Defence Select Committee James Arbuthnot claims over £108,000 on his property.
- MP Douglas Hogg denies reports that he claimed over £2,000 to have his moat cleaned at his Lincolnshire home...
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