The complaint to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner came from the chairman of the Labour Party in Mr Osborne’s Tatton constituency, Laurie Burton.

The complaint is about Mr Osbourne’s Additional Costs Allowance between 2001 and 2003.  It states that he wrongly identified his main home for claims for the allowance and that from 2003 Mr Osbourne claimed mortgage payments that were not necessarily incurred contrary to the rules of the House.

Mr Lyon said he would write to Mr Osborne and ask for his comments.

Mr Burton alleges Mr Osborne took out a mortgage of nearly £5,000 more than the reported price of his house and claimed Commons allowances to cover interest payments on the whole debt, rather than just the cost of buying the house.

Published on July 2nd, 2009 by chris