St Albans MP Anne Main also told to apologise
St Albans MP Anne Main has also been invited to apologise in writing for expenses claims.
She must pay back a total of £7,100: £2,100 in respect of sums wrongly claimed for food in the period 2005 to 2008. A further £5,000, which is one seventh of the sums claimed by her against Additional Costs Allowance (minus food costs) in respect of the period when her daughter supported her by staying in her second home, reduced by £1,500 to reflect the evidence that Mrs Main acted in accordance with advice she received from the Fees Office.
The four allegations made against Mrs Main were:
- Mrs Main’s main home was only 20 miles from her constituency boundary, so she should not have claimed for a second home in St Albans.
- Mrs Main’s adult daughter breached the rules by living rent-free in the second home.
- Mrs Main claimed a second home discount on the council tax she paid in respect of the St Albans property, although it was her daughter’s main home.
- Mrs Main’s claims for food were excessive.
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