MP Expenses Accumulator - today's total
by Peter Harrington
UPDATE, 20 May: the total today increased by 67 pounds (152686.33) that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised to pay back for television package which included adult films.
UPDATE, 18 May: over the weekend the total has grown to 152,619.33!
Latest contributors:
Michael Ancram (Tory) - 99.85
Hilary Armstrong (Labour) - 5,500
David Chayter (Labour) - 13,000
RIchard Younger-Ross (LibDems) - 4000
----UPDATE! 15 May
Douglas Hogg has just announced he's paying back £2,200. That takes us to:
£129,220.70
Or..
15,000 Cold Weather Payments
35 houses fully insulated (approx)
40 swimming pools (approx - there's no reliable data on moat costs).
It also seems several organs of the media have taken Demos' lead and published their own spreadsheets. The BBC have a total of £123,283.50, so they must be mssing something.
The new total is in. Labour's Elliott Morley and his mortgage confusion have added £16,000 to the pot. That takes us to £127,020.70.