Top Tory's pool cleaned on expenses
A senior Conservative MP used his taxpayer-funded expenses to have his swimming pool cleaned at his country home, it has been disclosed.
James Arbuthnot claimed for pool maintenance as well as £2,433 for the cost of a housekeeper and £2,749 for work on trees, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Eton-educated Mr Arbuthnot is the chairman of the Defence Select Committee.
In total, he claimed £108,062 on his second home in five years, the most available under the MPs' allowances system.
