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| − | [[Eric Joyce]] is the [[Labour]] MP for Falkirk and is the most expensive MP in the UK parliament in terms of expenses claimed in 2008<ref>Gordon Rayner, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5078141/Eric-Joyce-is-most-expensive-MP-at-187334.html Eric Joyce is most expensive MP at £187,334], ''The Telegraph'', 31-March-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009</ref>. Joyce is also the first MP to claim over £1 million in expenses | + | [[Eric Joyce]] is the [[Labour]] MP for Falkirk and is the most expensive MP in the UK parliament in terms of expenses claimed in 2008<ref>Gordon Rayner, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5078141/Eric-Joyce-is-most-expensive-MP-at-187334.html Eric Joyce is most expensive MP at £187,334], ''The Telegraph'', 31-March-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009</ref>. Joyce is also the first MP to claim over £1 million in expenses<ref>Simon Walters, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1186953/This-conversation-cost-160-000-MP-claimed-1m-admits-failed-pay-capital-gains-tax.html 'This conversation may have cost me £160,000'... First MP to claim £1m admits he failed to pay capital gains tax on two homes], ''The Daily Mail'', 24-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009</ref>. |
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Eric Joyce is the Labour MP for Falkirk and is the most expensive MP in the UK parliament in terms of expenses claimed in 2008[1]. Joyce is also the first MP to claim over £1 million in expenses[2].
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Expenses Row
Eric Joyce has claimed the highest amount of expenses out of all UK members of Parliament in 2002/02, 2005/06 and in 2007/08. [3]
Capital Gains Tax
In May 2009 it was widely reported that Joyce was seeking advice from HM Revenue and Customs regarding £40,000 in unpaid capital gains tax on the sale of his London home, which he had designated as his second home under the Second Homes Allowance scheme.[4][5][6]
Support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Gordon Rayner, Eric Joyce is most expensive MP at £187,334, The Telegraph, 31-March-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
- ↑ Simon Walters, 'This conversation may have cost me £160,000'... First MP to claim £1m admits he failed to pay capital gains tax on two homes, The Daily Mail, 24-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
- ↑ Eric Joyce Expenses, Falkirk Expenses, Theyworkforyou.com, Accessed 21-July-2009
- ↑ Hamish Macdonnell, Scots MPs prepare to 'suck it and see' after tax revelations, The Scotsman, 25-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
- ↑ Simon Walters, 'This conversation may have cost me £160,000'... First MP to claim £1m admits he failed to pay capital gains tax on two homes, The Daily Mail, 24-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
- ↑ Katherine Fenech, http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/103251/-1m-MP-faces-big-payout, The Daily Express, 25-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
