Gwent MPs' claims online (From Free Press Series)

Gwent MPs' claims online

9:40am Friday 19th June 2009

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AFTER more than a month of revelations about MPs' expenses, details have been officially published on the House of Commons website.

The publication of what amounts to more than one million claims made over the course of four years by 646 MPs follows a legal battle lasting several years, against requests under the Freedom of Information Act for details of a handful of MPs' expenses claims.

The leaked details that have been made available through the Daily Telegraph since early in May have shocked the country, and voters registered their displeasure at the recent European elections by indulging in a larger than usual protest vote for smaller parties.

The officially published claims however, are controversial in themselves as they contain large areas of blacked out text, with MPs allowed to cover up sensitive information like home addresses and bank account numbers.

The claims of Gwent's current MPs going back a maximum of four years are among those included on the House of Commons website. The MPs are Paul Flynn (Newport West), Jess Morden (Newport East), Paul Murphy (Torfaen), Don Touhig (Islwyn), Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent), and David Davies (Monmouth).

Combined, they add up to a total of 4,164 pages. They can be found at www.parliament.uk

Details of Gwent MPs' expenses

Click on the links below to see breakdowns of each MP's expenses Dai Davies, Blaenau Gwent David Davies, Monmouth Paul Murphy, Torfaen Paul Flynn, Newport West Jessica Morden, Newport East Don Touhig, Islwyn

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