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  2. United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Westminster. The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009, concerning expense claims made by members of the British Parliament in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords over the previous years. [1]

  3. List of expenses claims in the United Kingdom parliamentary ...

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    The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...

  4. The Duck House - Wikipedia

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    The Duck House is a 2013 comedy farce play written by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash. It is based around the events of the 2009 UK parliamentary expenses scandal, and made its world premiere at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in October 2013, at the start of a five-week UK tour.

  5. Peter Viggers - Wikipedia

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    The floating duck house, a symbol of the expenses scandal, was later sold at auction. It raised £1,700, handed over to the Macmillan Cancer charity. [15] The claim was later referenced in the name of the 2013 farcical political satire The Duck House [16] based on the UK parliamentary expenses scandal. [17]

  6. John Lewis List - Wikipedia

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    The John Lewis list was used by House of Commons officials to determine whether an expense claim item submitted by an MP was within reasonable cost. MPs who represented a constituency outside central London could each claim up to £ 23,000 a year towards the cost of running their second homes.

  7. 'Those people aren't running me out': This billionaire has ...

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    Kathy Cargill — wife of billionaire heir James Cargill II of the eponymous global food giant — has been spending millions of dollars buying up homes around Duluth’s sandbar.

  8. John Gummer - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, Gummer was involved in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, after claiming £36,000 for gardening over four years, as a parliamentary expense. Although the claims were encouraged and initially approved by the Parliamentary Fees Office, rules state claims should only be made on expenses essential to parliamentary duties.

  9. Kevin Spacey to Pay 'House of Cards' Producers $30 Million ...

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    Kevin Spacey appears at the Old Bailey in London on July 14, 2022. Mark Thomas/Shutterstock Kevin Spacey owes more than $30 million to the producers of House of Cards after being fired from the ...