Summary
JACQUI Smith astonishingly claimed yesterday that she was the victim of a smear campaign over her expenses because she is a woman with no independent wealth.
The embattled Home Secretary defended her claims for household items, including an 88p bath plug, as 'fair and reasonable' in a series of interviews to try to put the expenses controversy behind her.See the full content of this document
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I'm Being Picked On Just Because I'm a Woman, Says Smith [Scot Region]
By designating her sister's house as her main home, Miss Smith has been free to claim more than Pounds 140,000 from the taxpayer- funded...
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