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Duddridge buys books on poverty and digital camera
5:54pm Monday 22nd June 2009
BOOKS on poverty and a digital camera are among items claimed by James Duddridge.
Under incidental expenses, the Tory member for Rochford and Southend East claimed £25 for three books from the Amazon website. He also claimed £236 for camera equipment, including a Sony model, costing £136.
Mr Duddridge claimed £249 for an in-car hands-free kit from a shop in Thorpe Bay, but has not made any claims under petty cash.
He claimed £37,715 for services from two Parliamentary support services for MPs.
There were seven claims for office, research or secretarial support in the past three years, ranging between £1,468, shortly after being elected in 2005, up to £9,635.
A total of £2,215 for use of the Conservative association in Southchurch Road was put on his expenses during his first years as an MP in 2005/06. He claimed £235 for publicity photos.
Mr Duddridge was unavailable for comment.
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leighman, Leigh on Sea says...
8:32pm Mon 22 Jun 09
Radar Ears, Southend on Sea says...
10:23pm Mon 22 Jun 09
leighman wrote:That comment made me laugh out loud !
'He claimed £235 for publicity photos'..... If the above is an example, he was had over!!
These mega-parasites
(mps')expect us, the taxpayer to pay for their whole lives!
Anyone else works, picks up a wage, pays their bills, buy their own grub, their own "luxury items" their own everyday items etc. etc.
These people who think that they have such exalted positions in society, that they can get away with anything as long as it's "within the rules" get paid thousands in wages and then, not satisfied with that gleefully rub their hands, thinking "what I can spend my allowance on next"?
It must be so tough for them trying to decide what extravagant item is their next "must have" and trying to remember not to spend any of their own money to get it !
James Duddridge
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Soozie, Southend on sea says...
7:20pm Mon 22 Jun 09
Of course not, the sneaky **** is hiding and rightly so.