Sky News has examined the accommodation expenses of cabinet and shadow cabinet members from the Conservatives and Labour and, while within the spending rules, the claims vary widely.
Security minister Tom Tugendhat - whose constituency is the Kent commuter town of Tonbridge - had the second-highest Tory claim, coming in at £2,400 a month or £19,200 in total. We asked Mr Tugendhat to clarify where the property was, but we did not get a response.
All of the above amounts are within the annual budget limit set by IPSA of £25,080 for London rental properties or £17,840 for constituency properties. "Without the accommodation budget, an MP would either have to work in only one location or pay for a second accommodation themselves. This would prevent people from lower-income backgrounds from becoming MPs.
"The IPSA accommodation budget is there to ensure that MPs are not out of pocket from having to work in two locations." It is understood he has three dependents living with him at the property, and his main home is in London. That amount included four months of bills from the previous financial year - £654.12 - that he paid and claimed in 2022/23 at the end of his tenancy, and he does not claim back his rent.Deputy political editor Sam Coates tells you everything you need to know about the Westminster Accounts
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