{"id":36521,"date":"2019-03-29T11:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=36521"},"modified":"2019-03-29T11:32:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:32:40","slug":"doorbells-business-cards-and-wallpaper-what-has-your-mp-claimed-expenses-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/29\/doorbells-business-cards-and-wallpaper-what-has-your-mp-claimed-expenses-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Doorbells, business cards and wallpaper: What has your MP claimed expenses for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Stephen Doughty \u2013 Cardiff South and Penarth (90th in the UK)<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Kevin Brennan \u2013 Cardiff West (143rd in the UK) <\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Total expenses: \u00a3187,707\"\"

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      1. Jo Stevens \u2013 Cardiff Central (434th in the UK) <\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Total expenses: \u00a3159,924\"\"

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        1. Anna McMorrin \u2013 Cardiff North (479th in the UK) <\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          • All four Cardiff MPs were contacted for comment but have not responded.<\/li>\n
          • The Welsh Labour group was approached but declined to comment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            EVER since the MPs expenses scandal a decade ago, their spending has been under the spotlight. Spending figures for 2017\/18 from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) reveal that Cardiff South and Penarth MP, Stephen Doughty, is in the top 100 claimants out of the 650 UK MPs. Among the costs claimed for by the four Cardiff MPs are a \u00a37.49 doorbell for the constituency office of Kevin Brennan, MP for Cardiff West, \u00a3409.50 for Stephen Doughty\u2019s business cards and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":32103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6056,715,858,1698,126,6691],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-36521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-expenses","tag-labour","tag-mps","tag-politics","tag-welsh-government","tag-welsh-politcs"],"yoast_head":"\nDoorbells, business cards and wallpaper: What has your MP claimed expenses for? - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/29\/doorbells-business-cards-and-wallpaper-what-has-your-mp-claimed-expenses-for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doorbells, business cards and wallpaper: What has your MP claimed expenses for? - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EVER since the MPs expenses scandal a decade ago, their spending has been under the spotlight. 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