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    On the issue of second home allowances, the Commissioner and the Committee recognise that my London home is indeed a home. They dismiss the most usually repeated newspaper descriptions of my living arrangements and I welcome this judgment. Full Article at The Telegraph
    On the issue of second home allowances, the Commissioner and the Committee recognise that my London home is indeed a home. They dismiss the most usually repeated newspaper descriptions of my living arrangements and I welcome this judgment.
    Jacqui Smith – Jacqui Smith SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago
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Jacqui Smith apologises over MPs' expenses
  1. I should have used my discretion to change my main home designation
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago
  2. I accept the Committee's conclusions and I therefore apologise to the House.
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago
  3. Indeed, I spent more nights in London than in Redditch for three of the four years in question. I have never flipped my designation and I only own one home.
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago
  4. I want to apologise unreservedly to the House - as I have to my constituents - for wrongly claiming for the cost of films alongside my broadband and cable connection. This claim should never have been made and, as the committee notes, I paid back the claim in full as soon as it was brought to my attenti...
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago

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