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Tories claim 33 times as much as Labour for travel in Southend-on-Sea

It was only a matter of time before councillors’ expenses came under the spotlight and, if the results of investigations by Labour in Southend-on-Sea are anything to go by, not before time:

If you break the travel expenses down by group you can see a definite trend. (The figures quoted are for the eight years 2000/01 to 2008/09.)

Party total (average per councillor)
Conservative £104240.02 (£379.05)
Independent £2613.03 (£131.65)
Liberal Democrat £9213.93 (£126.22)
Labour £806.86 (£11.36)

Conservative councillors claim on average 33 times as much as Labour councillors for travel.

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