The Telegraph reported the following in March....
Mrs Anderson claimed ?23,039 for her second home, even though she lives with her partner, Labour MP Jim Dowd, at his constituency home in Lewisham during the week. Mr Dowd, meanwhile, claimed a London Supplement of ?2,812 on the couple's home in the capital.
Mrs Anderson claimed a total of ?173,556 in expenses and allowances in 2007-8, the seventh highest claim of any MP. It is a huge increase from the ?155,610 she claimed in the previous year.
I'm at a lost at what Jim spends ?250 of petty cash on a month, his partner might provide some clues, but tea & biscuits costing ?250 a month?
The MP for Rossendale and Darwen has claimed double the permitted ?250 a month expense on 25 occasions since April 2004, her documents show.
Last night she said she had thought that she was allowed to claim the sum - which she used for tea, coffee and newspapers - for both her Westminster and constituency offices every month.
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