A Labor MP introduced £ 900 from the taxpayer to “PET Lease”.
Taiwo Owatemi, the MP of Coventry North West, made the editions in August final 12 months, a doc that was printed by the Impartial Parliamentary Requirements Authority (IPSA).
Owatemis landlord in her second home in London issued the extra prices to depart the canine of the MP on the property in line with the newspaper Occasions.
The parliamentary authorities paid the claims for expenditure that didn’t violate the foundations for the expenditure of MPs.
Labor defended Owatemi’s claims celebration spokesman mentioned of the instances: “The MPs need to work at two places, and this can be a prerequisite for all times on this home.”
The celebration added: “It’s the identical for a lot of different MPs and was authorised by the parliamentary expenditure guard.”
MPs can reclaim their lodging in London if they’ve a constituency exterior of capital.
Ipsa introduced that it was able to finance the PET lease surcharge for Owatemi, “nonetheless, there have been flawed recommendation on the way it ought to be described”.
“We apologized on to the deputy and I am sorry for confusion.”