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And it is the custodian of the expenses system, the Speaker, who takes the fall.</p> <p class="video__length" data-loadvideo="3">15 minutes</p> </div> <div class="drawer__video col-sm-4 col-md-2" data-loadvideo="4"> <img class="video__placeholder" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934im_/https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/embeds/expenses-scandal-the-disk/assets/images/video-img/v-5--placeholder.jpg" data-loadvideo="4" alt="Video Chapter Three"> <p class="video__counter" data-loadvideo="4">EPISODE FIVE</p> <p class="video__title" data-loadvideo="4">Duck Houses and Moats</p> <p class="video__description" data-loadvideo="4">As the investigation enters its third week, Britain's political leaders take very different approaches to cleaning up the mess, with huge consequences for the next election.</p> <p class="video__length" data-loadvideo="4">13 minutes</p> </div> <div class="drawer__video col-sm-4 col-md-2" data-loadvideo="5"> <img class="video__placeholder" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934im_/https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/embeds/expenses-scandal-the-disk/assets/images/video-img/v-6--placeholder.jpg" data-loadvideo="5" alt="Video Chapter Three"> <p class="video__counter" data-loadvideo="5">EPISODE SIX</p> <p class="video__title" data-loadvideo="5">Fallout</p> <p class="video__description" data-loadvideo="5">10 years on, Britain's political landscape is transformed. But what exactly has changed? We were promised a more transparent form of politics. Is that what we've ended up with?</p> <p class="video__length" data-loadvideo="5">12 minutes</p> </div> </div> <div class="video__toggler-btn-wrapper"> <button id="video__toggler-btn" data-toggler="all-videos" class="btn btn--drawer btn--has-ic"><img data-toggler="all-videos" class="btn__ic" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934im_/https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/embeds/expenses-scandal-the-disk/assets/images/icons/ic-left.svg" alt="right icon"><span data-toggler="all-videos">View more</span></button> </div> </div> </div> <a href="#tD-claims" id="tD-heroDownIc"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934im_/https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/embeds/expenses-scandal-the-disk/assets/images/icons/ic-down-white.svg" width="13" alt="icon down"> </a> </section> <section id="tD-claims" class="td-mH840"> <div class="wrapper wrapper--narrow container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-5 col-md-5 col-lg-4"> <p class="section-title">How much does your MP claim now?</p> <p class="section-lead md-mT48">The expenses scandal led to a huge public outcry over the amount of taxpayers’ money MPs were able to legitimately claim. A decade later, however, the amount that MPs claim in expenses is creeping up to pre-scandal levels.</p> <p class="section-lead md-mB64">Use our tool to find out how much your MP is receiving in expenses relative to their colleagues, and how this has changed over time.</p> <span id="mp-input--wrap" class="md-mB64"> <input type="text" id="mp-input" placeholder="Enter your postcode or MP’s name"/> </span> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-2 col-lg-5 col-lg-offset-3"> <p class="section-subtitle md-mT0">Average claim per MP in 2017 - 2018</p> <div class="av-claim md-mT48"> <span class="av-claim__party">DUP</span> <div class="av-claim__party-data"> <p>£194,537</p> <div class="av-party__chart"> <span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span 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class="av-claim__party">PC</span> <div class="av-claim__party-data"> <p>£169,578</p> <div class="av-party__chart"> <span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span 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class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line 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class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span><span class="av-party__line av-party__line--grey"></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="section-note md-mT48 md-mB0">There are a variety of reasons why an MP's expenses could be higher than average. MPs serving as party leaders often have higher claims, while those who live further away from Westminster often have higher travel claims. Similarly, those who represent London constituencies often have lower accommodation claims as they cannot claim for a second home.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section id="tD-quiz" class="section--leftAbsImg"> <div class="wrapper wrapper--narrow container-fluid"> <div class="row row--flex-end"> <div class="col-xs-hide col-md-5 col-md-offset-1"> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-1 col-pad-160"> <p class="section-title"><span class="section-title--black-bg">MPs' expenses - </span><br><span class="section-title--black-bg">could you have beaten</span><br><span class="section-title--red-bg">the system?</span></p> <p class="section-lead md-mT48">Put yourself in the shoes of an MP from ten years ago and navigate your way through the claims system with our expenses game. Find out whether your claims would have been approved back then, and what MPs are still allowed to charge the taxpayer today.</p> <p class="section-lead md-mB64">Will you come up smelling of roses, be forced to resign or even get sent to prison when the scandal breaks?</p> <a data-quiz="0" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mps-expenses-scandal/could-you-have-beaten-the-claims-system-quiz"><button data-quiz="0" class="btn btn--has-ic"><span data-quiz="0"><img data-quiz="0" class="btn__ic" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934im_/https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/embeds/expenses-scandal-the-disk/assets/images/icons/ic-play.svg" alt="right icon"></span>Play game</button></a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="tD-poadcasts"> <div class="wrapper wrapper--narrow container-fluid"> <div class="row text-center"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 col-lg-6 col-lg-offset-3"> <p class="section-title"><span class="section-title--red-bg">Expenses: the podcast.</span></p> <p class="section-subtitle"><span class="section-title--white-bg">Go behind the scenes with the people who made the story.</span></p> <p class="section-lead md-mT48 md-mB64">What's it like to break a national scandal? In May 2009, The Telegraph found out when it launched a comprehensive investigation of MPs' expense claims, based on over a million secretly-copied forms and receipts. Ten years on, in this six-part podcast, the people who made the scoop possible return to tell their side of the story. From the campaigner who took Parliament to court, to the reporters tasked with making sense of a blizzard of documents, and the cartoonist - Matt - who made light of the stories, duck houses and all, meet the people who made journalistic history, and find out what they make of Britain in 2019.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="tD-poadcasts__list row"> <li id="tD-poadcasts__ep1" class="tD-poadcasts__item col-xs-6 col-md-4 col-lg-2 col-lg-offset-3"> <div class="tD-poadcasts__wrapper"> <div class="tD-poadcasts__image"> <p class="tD-poadcasts__date">Available now</p> </div> <div class="tD-poadcasts__content"> <p class="tD-poadcasts__title">Episode One: The Reporters</p> <p class="tD-poadcasts__author">Robert Winnett & Christopher Hope</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517000934/http://playpodca.st/expenses" target="_blank"><button class="btn btn--has-ic"><span><img class="btn__ic" 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