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Brentwood Gazette’s
Verdict on Eric Pickles’ Parliamentary Claims
“OUR MP IS SQUEAKY CLEAN ON EXPENSES”
"Our MP is one of the few saintly figures to emerge in the aftermath of the expenses scandal.
Eric Pickles, MP for Brentwood and Ongar, had nothing to hide when he visited the Gazette to show us his claims sheets and bills.
Mr. Pickles was among the lowest claimants for his second home in Wapping and has stopped claiming the additional costs allowance for the flat since becoming Party Chairman.
Furthermore, he has never claimed for a taxi journey, never maxed out his £400 a month food budget and never claimed for furnishings, appliances and luxury items in his home."
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"I've come here expecting Chairman Pickles to be in a state of high excitement but, as usual, he moves through all this febrility like a hippopotamus through mud: slowly, calmly, and with weird grace." Rachel Cooke’s profile of Eric in The Observer 24th May 2009
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Eric Pickles MP
17th June 2009 |
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