Maria Miller Expenses Claim To Be Investigated By Parliamentary Commissioner

Culture Secretary To Be Investigated Over Expenses Claim

Culture secretary Maria Miller will be investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, for allegedly misusing £90,000 of expenses.

Miller is to have her expenses investigated by commissioner John Lyon, his office said on Thursday.

Labour MP John Mann complained to IPSA that Miller’s parents lived in a property designated as her second home whilst she was also claiming parliamentary allowances to cover the costs of the rent.

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Maria Miller has been reported to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

He told The Huffington Post UK Miller should resign. "There is now no role whatsoever for Maria Miller either in government or specifically in dealing with everything to do with the press and Leveson.

"She should resign or the Prime Minister should reassign responsibility for dealing with Leveson”.