Bromsgrove MP Julie Kirkbride to publish expense claims
Mr Mackay, who represented Birmingham Stetchford between 1977 and 1979, claimed £22,575 to subsidise living expenses last year, while Ms Kirkbride claimed the maximum of £23,083.
Ms Kirkbride is only the latest West Midlands MP to become caught up in the expenses crisis gripping Westminster.
Last night it emerged that former Cabinet member, Clare Short, had overclaimed for mortgage payments by £8,000 but had paid the money back
Worcestershire MP Jacqui Smith (Lab Redditch) has been criticised for claiming expenses on a second home in her Redditch constituency, and for claiming back the cost of pornographic films watched by her husband.
Another Worcestershire MP, Sir Michael Spicer (Con West Worcestershire) will be investigated by a panel set up by Mr Cameron after he spent £106,141 on his main constituency home. Stratford MP John Maples, deputy chair of the Conservative Party, has offered to repay second-home expenses claimed while he was living temporarily at a private members’ club, if the Tory scrutiny panel deems them wrong.
Birmingham MP John Hemming (Lib Dem Yardley) told the Birmingham Post he had decided to stop claiming any subsidies on his London home, even though he is entitled to financial support for the cost of having a residence near Parliament as well as one in his constituency.
He said: “I came into politics because I wanted to help people, not to get into rows about expenses.”
Meanwhile, Labour took the dramatic step of suspending a former Minister from the Parliamentary Party after he claimed £16,000 for a mortgage which didn’t exist.
Elliot Morley claimed £16,000 to subsidise interest payments for a mortgage which had already been paid off.
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