Expenses: Now It's Tories On the Rack ; Cameron Says Sorry After His Top Team Claims Thousands in Taxpayers' Cash Cameron's Te Am Feel Heat [Edition 2]

Daily MailMay 13, 2009

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THE MPs' expenses scandal deepened to engulf the Tories last night.

Leaked documents revealed how David Cameron's millionaire frontbench maintained lavish lifestyles at taxpayers' expense.

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Expenses: Now It's Tories On the Rack ; Cameron Says Sorry After His Top Team Claims Thousands in Taxpayers' Cash Cameron's Te Am Feel Heat [Edition 2]

The Tory leader rapidly apologised to voters after senior members of the Shadow Cabinet were found to have charged the public purse for chauffeurs, chandelier installation, tennis court mainte- nance and dinners in exclusive London clubs.

Tory education spokesman Michael Gove was in the hottest water after it emerged that he claimed Pounds 7,000 for furnishings at a second home shortly before he sold it.

Mr Gove then 'flipped' the designation of his second home, allowing him to claim another Pounds 13,000 in stamp duty and other fees on a new home in Surrey.

Oliver Letwin, another Old Etonian and a m...

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