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)
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)
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)
One of the highest-claiming MPs in recent years claimed almost £2,000 to have a new bath installed at his second home in place of a Jacuzzi.
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Telegraph on 12th Dec 2009 (via telegraph.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)
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 Telegraph this morning reports that Labour MP Harry Cohen has announced his decision to quit as an MP by the next election. The MP had come under heavy criticism for his decision to claim more than £100,000 in second home expenses on a house in his constituency of Leyton and Wanstead, east London, within
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LiberalConspiracy on 1st Jul 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
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)
Harry Cohen is the chippy left-wing MP who disgraces the Leyton parliamentary seat once held by Winston Churchill. Harry claims more for his second home and expenses than any other MP in London, in fact his annual expense claims of £123,718 are £30,000 higher than neighbouring Walthamstow Labour MP Neil Gerrard’s claim of £92,228 and
