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MPs expenses: Tobias Ellwood is top claiming MP
6:11pm Thursday 7th April 2011
BOURNEMOUTH East MP Tobias Ellwood claimed more expenses in the last two months of 2010 than any other member of Parliament, the latest figures have revealed.
Latest MPs expenses: who claimed what
2:27pm Friday 4th February 2011
NEW expense figures reveal South Dorset MP Richard Drax is the lowest claimant in Dorset with £4,279.90 claimed.
Latest MPs expenses: who claimed what
5:25pm Thursday 3rd February 2011
Top claimant in Dorset was Lib Dem MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, Annette Brooke, and the lowest claimant was South Dorset's Richard Drax. Click for a claims breakdown.
Sir John Butterfill given back £15,000 of expenses he repaid
8:26am Monday 16th August 2010
FORMER Tory MP Sir John Butterfill has controversially been refunded more than £15,000 of the expenses he repaid last year.
Dorset MPs respond to rule change on expenses
7:00am Tuesday 30th March 2010
THE subject of expenses has reared its ugly head again as MPs in Dorset and the New Forest respond to the new rules governing their expenses.
MPs expenses: What your MP claimed
8:10am Friday 11th December 2009
WHAT do television units, bunk beds and marigold gloves have in common? They all feature in the latest expense claims of our local MPs.
MP "withdraws resignation" over expenses scandal
11:37am Friday 6th November 2009
MP JULIE Kirkbride is reported to be withdrawing her resignation over the expenses scandal.
MP Richard Drax claimed the least in the newly published expenses for May to September 2010
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Heather Brooke – the woman who uncovered the scandal
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