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    <description>London’s MPs are frantically dumping second homes as their expenses bill of almost £10 million a year comes under the spotlight</description>
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    <description>The Tory MP who claimed for clearing the moat at his country estate said today he is to stand down at the next general election</description>
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    <description>Labour MPs are facing mass expulsions after Gordon Brown finally got tough over the expenses scandal setting up a “star chamber” with the power to kick out MPs guilty of claiming too much</description>
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    <description>The row over the Commons gravy train deepened as Jacqui Smith and other MPs were revealed to be claiming the maximum or near to the limit allowed for second homes</description>
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    <description>A government whip was embroiled in the growing expenses row after claiming thousands of pounds for a second London home despite already having one within 10 miles of Westminster</description>
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    <description>A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway</description>
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The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.</description>
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