ST Albans MP Anne Main is the latest MP to be put under the microscope by the Telegraph.

On Tuesday Mrs Main released copies of her expenses claims to the Review and we revealed that she had spent £4,000 furnishing her flat in St Albans.

Mrs Main, whose home is 24 miles away in Beaconsfield, Bucks has claimed on the St Albans flat, where her daughter lives, since she won the seat in May 2005.

Today, the Telegraph claims that her daughter Claire Tonks has been living rent-free at the flat.

It also says that Mrs Main has claimed a 10 per cent second home discount on her council tax for the apartment in her constituency, even though 27-year-old Ms Tonks has lived there for up to three years.

This discount can only be claimed if no one lives at the property full-time.

The MP charged the taxpayer £1,095.68 a month in mortgage interest payments for the flat, along with service charges, utility bills and furnishing costs.

She has claimed a 10 per cent discount on council tax since 2004 — amounting to £171.09 last year — and submitted the bill on her expenses.

The Telegraph says it spoke to two neighbours who in live in other flats in the building yesterday and both said that it was the first time they had met Mrs Main.

Mrs Main has confirmed that her daughter pays no rent but claims she stays there only “two or three times a week”.

The national newspaper also reports that Miss Tonks, who has kept the surname of her late father, appears on the electoral roll at the St Albans property and, in 2008, registered the address with Companies House when she took on a directorship with Kids Industries.

By law, addresses lodged with Companies House must relate to the “usual residential addresses” of the director.

Under the rules relating to second home allowances, MPs are entitled to claim only for expenses incurred in the course of parliamentary duties and cannot claim “for anyone other than yourself”.

Following the Review’s article on Tuesday Mrs Main said she no longer claimed for groceries at her second home and also said her daughter would soon move out.

She told us: “My daughter is only staying with me as a family member on a temporary basis and will be moving to London in the future.

“I no longer claim for groceries, but all previous grocery claims reflected the fact that I spend very little time in my main family home and have to pay for all meals during long working days in London and St Albans, as allowed within the regulations.”

The Telegraph also claims that Miss Tonks moved in in 2006 and that, since then, Mrs Main has continued to submit claims for furnishings and repairs for the flat, including a £350 washing machine and laminate flooring at £465.

Asked about Miss Tonks’s living arrangements, Mrs Main told the Telegraph: “She’s looking for a place in London now; she certainly doesn’t want to spend her time rattling around here.

“I consulted the [Commons] fees office, and asked if family members were allowed to stay with me in the flat. I was told it was perfectly acceptable and as a parent, who sees very little of her family, it has been enormously supportive to have her there, albeit that this was only ever going to be a temporary measure.”