Culture Secretary claimed up to £2,335 a year to cover council tax - her parents should not have been allowed to benefit from her expenses as an MP
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Maria Miller was found to have subsidised her parents’ council tax payments in an overlooked part of the official report into her expenses claims.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards ruled that the Culture Secretary was wrong to claim the full costs of council tax for her “second” home, where her elderly parents lived.
Kathryn Hudson recommended that Mrs Miller repay £1,000 to cover the council tax payments.
However, Mrs Miller objected to the ruling and was backed by a committee of MPs, raising further questions about MPs operating as “judge and jury” on their peers.
The council tax ruling also casts doubt over the Prime Minister’s defence of Mrs Miller as he has publicly insisted that the Cabinet minister’s arrangements did not benefit her parents.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/conservative-mps-expenses/10753856/Maria-Miller-used-expenses-to-pay-parents-council-tax.html
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Maria Miller used expenses to pay parents' council tax
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ttosca · 09/04/2014 06:48
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