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20.05.2023 - 04:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Matt Hancock claimed £3000 in rent from the taxpayer for an empty London flat while he was earning £320,000 in the Australian jungle.
Newly released expenses claims for the former health secretary reveal he continued to claim rent on his flat throughout the month of November last year. His controversial stint on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here ran from November 2 to 27.
Under Parliamentary rules, Hancock is entitled to claim the rent even while on a leave of absence. But the revelation will add to the public anger over his TV gameshow appearance. During the month of filming, he kept his £84,144 a year MP’s salary – or £7012 a month before tax.
He chose to donate £10,000, or three per cent of his appearance fee, to charity.
Most MPs who claim for a second home have their rent paid directly to the landlord by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. An IPSA spokesman said: “IPSA continues to cover costs for MPs during periods of absence from Parliament.”
But he added that MPs can choose to refund part of their expenses.
Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said: “This is a slap in the face for all those hard-working families coping with the cost-of-living crisis. Matt Hancock insists he is a normal person now but no normal, hard-working person would ever try to get away with claiming this.
“He can’t have it both ways. He can’t rake in big sums for a TV show where he did no work for his constituents, and still expect to claim these kind of expenses.
"He should pay back that month’s rent, which is still just a tiny fraction of his earnings from I’m A Celeb.”
The latest cache of IPSA expense payments released this week show Hancock had made no repayment for November by the end of January. When we asked
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Matt Hancock claimed thousands of pounds in rent whilst he was earning £320,000 during his stint in I'm A Celebrity. . .