Suella Braverman has 'milked' the expenses system to get taxpayers to foot her household bills while living rent-free with her parents when not there.
An investigation by the Mirror found the Home Secretary had claimed nearly £25,000 in five years for her London house. She claimed the expenses to cover energy and other costs for her main home while staying rent-free at her parents’ house when she visits her constituency, the investigation revealed.
Such handouts are designed to prevent MPs who live outside London from being out of pocket because they have to run two homes – but Ms Braverman used them to pay the household bills on her £1.2million family pad in Bushey in Hertfordshire. This is within the rules but not 'in the spirit' of them, one MP said.
