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Michael Martin's home gets £1.7m makeover

By John Hirst

Michael Martin's home gets £1.7m makeover

Refurbishing the home and garden of the Speaker of the House of Commons has cost the taxpayer £1.7 million.

The bill includes more than £700,000 on furnishing and improving his official residence, figures released to The Daily Telegraph reveal today.

The disclosure that more than £100,000 a year has been spent on furniture, art and refurbishments will add to intense pressure on Michael Martin, who is leading controversial attempts to block the disclosure of MPs' expenses.

Time to bring some Order Order to the area of MPs expenses fiddles.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on March 29, 2008 (boomark / email).