MP expenses clampdown announced

Commons speaker Michael Martin unveiled immediate interim reforms to the MP expenses system yesterday.

In a speech to the House of Commons yesterday, Michael Martin revealed the following measures would be implemented immediately in a bid to clean up the MP expenses system and improve transparency:

• A ban on MPs claiming for furniture.
  
• MPs are prohibited from ‘flipping’ second homes.
  
• MPs living together must designate the same home as their main residence.
  
• Mortgage interest payments will be capped at £1,250 per month.
  
• MPs must disclose wheth

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