MPs' Â£87.6m expenses claim bill
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MPs totted up Â£87.6m in expenses in the last financial year - a "like for like" rise of about 5% on the year before.
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Bill that would speed rebates of $600 to most taxpayers heads to Senate with bipartisan appeal to senators not to jeopardize bill with changes.
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Due to a systems error... A committee of MPs has said the government has received little of the compensation due from EDS for problems with tax credit IT.â¦
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A British lawmaker won $290,000 in libel damages against The Daily Telegraph on Thursday over the newspaper&#39;s claim that he was financed by Saddam Hussein.
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MPs face public scrutiny over the millions of pounds paid each year in expenses and allowances.
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Cost to British taxpayer of investigating claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered have reached an estimated Â£6m
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Individual taxpayers will be able to claim a refund of up to $60 on their 2006 federal returns as the government attempts to give back $8 billion in long-distance telephone taxes that courts have ruled should not have been collected.
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The decision not to call general election leaves cash-strapped party with Â£1m bill after it spent five times as much as Tories on preparations.
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Ministers spend nearly Â£2bn a year on external consultants, often without value for money, MPs say.
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ATHENS -- The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics yesterday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher.
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A scheme to assist workers who have lost their pensions cost twice as much to run as it has paid out, an MP claims.
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Expenses like travel and food cost parents of state school pupils more than Â£700 a year, says a report.
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Fresh concerns are raised over the Â£6.8bn upgrade after it emerged there were 110 glitches in the last four months.
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Martha Stewart, the jailed celebrity homemaker, has filed a claim with her company for $3.7m (Â£2.85m) for help with her legal bills.
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Health Minister George Smitherman was on the hot seat again today, deflecting Opposition accusations that the Liberal government is hiding the true cost of a $6.
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The MoD is criticised over spending costs which  soared by Â£1.7bn over the past year, amid growing project delays.
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EACH of the UK's 659 MPs costs the taxpayer more than 175,000 a year in salary and allowances.