Summary
A PLOY by MPs to smear the head of the Armed Forces over his expenses has backfired spectacularly after details of his spending revealed how frugal he actually is.
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the soon-toretire Chief of the General Staff, has claimed just Pounds 19,290.77 since 2005-06 - and cut costs by shopping at Tesco and Lidl.See the full content of this document
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How Sir Richard Makes a Lidl Go a Long Way [Scot Region]
By comparison, the Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth received Pounds 394,306 in Commons allowances between 2004 and 2008, and made a Pounds 200,000 profit from his expenses by 'flipping' the designation of his second home.
Labour MPs had inten...See the full content of this document
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