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5p shopping bag and chocolate Santa Claus...

A series of eyebrow-raising expenses claims by unnamed MPs are revealed today. They include claims for carrier bags, sweets and kitchen accessories - and even pet food and horse manure.

IKEA carrier bag: bought for 5p by Scottish Labour MP.

Chocolate Santa Claus: 59p - claimed in 2006 by a Welsh Labour MP.

Pizza cutter: £3 from the Bodum shop in Oxfordshire for a Tory backbencher.

Jellied eels: bought for £1.31 and claimed by an Essex MP.

Ant killer: £3.99 at Homebase for a north of England Conservative MP.

Ginger Crinkle biscuits: 67p, for a Labour MP in 2007.

Potato peeler: £4.50, for a Tory MP.

Cesar dog food: two tins of chicken and turkey flavour 78p, claimed by female Tory MP.

Illuminated Revlon make-up mirror: bought from John Lewis by a female Labour MP for £19.95.

Jaffa Cakes: two packs, at a cost of £1.60, charged by a junior minister.

Lavatory brush holder: £9.99, claimed by a male Liberal Democrat MP.

Horse manure: £10 a bag and bought by a Tory MP for his country home.

Maltesers: the 45p bag was part of bill from Focus DIY by a Labour MP.

Tampax: two packets, at £1.11 each, bought by male Tory MP who lost his seat in 2005.

Ice cube tray: £1.50 from M&S for a former Labour Cabinet member.

Kit Kat: £2.50, from the minibar of the Sherlock Holmes Hotel in London, for a female MP.

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