Shamed Liam Fox orderded to repay £3,000

FORMER defence secretary Liam Fox has been ordered by the Commons sleaze watchdog to repay £3,000 of expenses he had claimed for a second home where he allowed his friend Adam Werritty to stay rent-free.

Dr Fox, who resigned last year over his controversial relationship with Mr Werritty, was also criticised for allowing him to run his Atlantic Bridge think- tank from the MP’s parliamentary offices.

After an inquiry by Standards Commissioner John Lyon, MPs on the cross-party Standards and Privileges Committee have ordered Dr Fox to pay back £3,000 of his taxpayer-funded allowances and to apologise in writing for breaking parliamentary rules.