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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Julie Kirkbride's £50,000 Extension for Brother - You Paid For it

The Daily Telegraph can disclose that Miss Kirkbride was granted permission by the Parliamentary fees office to increase her taxpayer-funded mortgage to build an extra bedroom. Despite her insisting that the taxpayer faced no extra costs over her brother staying rent-free in her constituency home, the arrangement added an extra £250 a month to her expenses claims.

The disclosure comes as pressure builds on Miss Kirkbride to step down after her husband, Andrew Mackay, a Tory MP, announced that he was quitting at the next election amid concerns over his expense claims.

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