Sinn Fein to move into Westminster offices

Sinn Fein’s four Westminster MP’s have been given the go ahead to take up office space at the British Parliament from the beginning of the new year.

Each will be entitled to more than stg£100,000 in expenses to employ up to eight full-time assistants.

They will also be allowed almost stg£40,000 each for cost of living expenses in London and incidental costs.

The scale of expenses equates to almost stg£500,000 for Sinn Fein.

However, they will be unable to take part in debates or vote.