Expenses claimed by Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti “soared by nearly 30% in 2011” compared to the previous year, according to a report in the Thornbury and Yate newspaper ‘The Gazette’. Figures published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), set up following the expenses scandal of 2009, show that Mr Lopresti’s claims rose from £109,159 in 2010/11
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