Labour MP ‘careful with public money’ cleared of breaching expenses rules

Tahir Ali was found to be ‘careful with spending public money’ and funded ‘considerable’ costs out of his own pocket (Tahir Ali/House of Commons/Laurie Noble/PA) - (PA Media)

A Labour MP has been cleared of breaching Parliament’s expenses rules after an investigation found he was “careful with spending public money”.

The probe by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) found Birmingham MP Tahir Ali even erred “too much on the side of caution”, funding “considerable” costs out of his own pocket when he could have claimed for them.