Second MP claimed for non-existent mortgage

The politicians' expenses scandal in Britain was poised to claim another victim today after a second Labour MP admitted claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash for a non-existent mortgage.

Sat, 16 May, 2009 - 10:12

The politicians' expenses scandal in Britain was poised to claim another victim today after a second Labour MP admitted claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash for a non-existent mortgage.

Bury North MP David Chaytor will arrive back from a publicly-funded Commons committee trip to the US today to face almost certain suspension from the Parliamentary Labour Party.