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Letter from Garry Towns
3:18pm Friday 4th July 2008
I NOTICED that local MP Anne Snelgrove (Swindon South), defied public anger and voted to carry on squandering taxpayers' cash on furniture and home improvements.
No content with basic salary of £138,000, the Additional Costs Allowance, worth £24,006 to cover the costs of living near Parliament and running a second home, now stays in place.
Ms Snelgrove also voted against a proposed ban on claims under the so-called John Lewis list, so MPs will continue to be free to charge iPods, dishwashers and improvements for their second homes to the public purse.
GARRY TOWNS Lister Road Wroughton Swindon
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