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MSP claims for overnight allowance despite owning Edinburgh flat

A wealthy Tory MSP has denied rearranging his half-a-million pound property portfolio in a bid to cash in on the Holyrood expenses system. By Paul Hutcheon and Tom Gordon

A wealthy Tory MSP has denied rearranging his half-a-million pound property portfolio in a bid to cash in on the Holyrood expenses system.

John Lamont has made a plea to parliament for overnight expenses in Edinburgh despite owning a flat in the capital.