SNP MP Phil Boswell tried claiming £137 for clothes on expenses

AN SNP MP tried to claim nearly £137 worth of clothes on expenses after his luggage was lost.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Mar 2016, 17:15 BST
Updated 11th Mar 2016, 14:23 BST
SNP MP Phil Boswell tried to claim for lost clothes on his Commons expenses. Picture: ContributedSNP MP Phil Boswell tried to claim for lost clothes on his Commons expenses. Picture: Contributed
SNP MP Phil Boswell tried to claim for lost clothes on his Commons expenses. Picture: Contributed

Phil Boswell - who is separately under investigation over spending on office costs and for allegedly failing to register financial interests - filed the claims shortly after he was elected to the Commons last year.

The latest expenses details released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) show the Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill MP purchased a £59 shirt on May 12 “after luggage lost”.

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The following day he spent £48 on clothing in Next and £29.95 in TM Lewin.

The watchdog refused to reimburse the claims - listed as “contingency” spending - as they were not allowed under the rules.

The information disclosed by Ipsa covers nearly 30,000 expenses claims by MPs that were processed in October and November.

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