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Here is Parliament's Additional Costs Claims Guide - known as the "John Lewis List" - in full. It is used by House of Commons officials to determine whether an expenditure claim submitted by an MP is reasonable. MPs can claim items up to £23,000 per year.

Air conditioning unit - £299.99
Bed - £1,000.00
Bedside cabinet - £100.00
Bookcase/shelf - £200.00
Bookcase/cabinet - £500.00
Carpet - £35.00 per square metre
Carpet fitting - £6.50 per square metre
Coffee maker/machine - £100.00
Coffee table - £250.00
Dining armchairs (each) - £150.00
Dining chairs (each) - £90.00
Dining table - £600.00
Dishwasher - £375.00
Drawer chest (five) - £500.00
Dressing table - £500.00
Dry cleaning - both personal and household [items] are allowable within reasonable limits
Food mixer - £200.00
Freestanding mirror - £300.00
Fridge/freezer combi - £550.00
Gas cooker - £650.00
Hi-fi/stereo - £750.00
Installation of new bathroom - £6,335.00
Installation of new kitchen - £10,000.00
Lamp table - £200.00
Nest of tables - £200.00
Recordable DVD - £270.00
Rugs (each) - £300.00
Shredder - £50.00
Sideboard - £795.00
Suite of furniture - £2,000.00
Television set - £750.00
Tumble dryer - £250.00
Underlay (basic) - £6.99 per square metre
Wardrobe - £700.00
Washer dryer - £500.00
Washing machine - £350.00
Wooden flooring/carpets - £35.00 per square metre
Workstation - £150.00

I thought those allowances were available to ALL MP's!!!!!!!. Why single out one turd? The vast majority are at it.
I really hope you don't think that when Mr Wright departs from the political scene, he will be replaced by anything better. 'Cos if you do you are going to be well disappointed. They are all the bloody same mate, you need to get used to the idea.

Because not all MP's voted to keep it, there was only a majority of 28. Wright was one of those who voted to keep the gravy train running.

Well for me the reason to single out that "turd" is because he is my fkin MP. My MP who has backed the closure of my local hospital while filling his own boots on my taxes.

I hate the snivelling little weasel and hope that his knees seize up.

I take your point, Mr Ripper, and I have no objection to it. All I am saying is that he's not the only one. My MP also voted to retain these 'expenses'. It is occasions like this, and when they are voting for a rise, when MP's are most vulnerable. They are in danger of being crushed as they all dive for the same lobby.

We couldn't do any worse...unless you won, but even the electorate of Darlo's not that thick. You sound like New Labour undercover supporter trying to 'muddy the water'....

Ill go along with that & add that I hope his arse bungs up & he has to vomit up his own excrement.

The bloke is a bounder!! Presiding over a town with no hospital , shops or trains or buses or bus station. Yet he thinks the town is on the up. Proper little cabin boy, he will go far in the Nu Labour Party, like that bounder Alan Johnson, was a proper rebel in 1996 when he was telling postman to go on strike when he was CWU leader, now he is so far up Browns arsse its unreal.

Nah.....you couldn't be further away. The water is crystal clear to me. They are all the bloody same and always will be. Brilliant in opposition but when it comes to delivering..........
As soon as the media decide they want a change, we usually get it. Back and forth, back and forth...............the only thing that remains constant is the snouts in the trough of politicians of all persuasions. I'll start listening to them when they start performing. Making the streets, and the bus to Horden, safer would be a good place to start.

he must be a scruffy little twat as well a washer dryer and a washing machine