Labour MP Harry Cohen is being investigated by the police over his expenses claims, the BBC understands.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Labour MP Harry Cohen has been reported to the Parliamentary sleaze watchdog over his living arrangements.
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Telegraph on 1st Jul 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Police have begun an investigation into the expenses claims of Labour MP Harry Cohen who was paid more than £70,000 in a second home allowance for a house he rarely visited
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FT on 11th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
The Metropolitan Police has begun a criminal inquiry into Harry Cohen after he claimed more than £70,000 for a "second home" while renting out his main property.
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Telegraph on 10th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
THE Commons has agreed to strip Labour MP Harry Cohen of his £65,000 golden goodbye payment over a "particularly serious breach" of parliamentary expenses rules.
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Scotsman on 2nd Feb 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Whatever else may or may not be true of Harry Cohen MP, he was the subject of one of my favourite political insults. It came from Norman Tebbit: The Honourable Gentleman would have made a fool of himself, if God...
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CommentCentral on 11th Mar 2010 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
The veteran Labour MP claimed thousands of pounds on his expenses for redecorating his second home before selling it.
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Telegraph on 14th May 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Labour MP Harry Cohen is to step down at the general election due to the stress of the expenses row on his family.
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BBCPolitics on 30th Jun 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
According to the Mail on Sunday: Cohen has claimed every single penny of the maximum £104,701 in Commons expenses in the past five years for his £375,000 property in his Leyton and Wanstead constituency in East London, on the basis that it is his 'second home'. Astonishingly, he says he has claimed the full second-home allowance since 1990. It means he has pocketed a staggeri...
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LiberalEngland on 29th Mar 2009 (via liberalengland.blogspot.com)
The Express reveals more about Jacqui Smith's expenses today, while the Mail disses Harry Cohen, Jacqui Lait, and Bob Neill. Just to be clear - they're all guilty. The presumption should be that an MP's main home is in their constituency. If that is too far away for them to commute like ordinary mortals, they can be put up in flats owned by the state. They will be lodgers, but they ...
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PurpleScorpion on 29th Mar 2009 (via thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com)