Eric Joyce

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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].

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. [2]

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.[3][4][5]

Support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Gordon Rayner, Eric Joyce is most expensive MP at £187,334, The Telegraph, 31-March-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
  2. Eric Joyce Expenses, Falkirk Expenses, Theyworkforyou.com, Accessed 21-July-2009
  3. Hamish Macdonnell, Scots MPs prepare to 'suck it and see' after tax revelations, The Scotsman, 25-May-2009, Accessed 21-July-2009
  4. 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
  5. 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