The overall total for the three-and-a-half months since May is £3.1m, in sharp contrast to the £96m paid out last year.
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Down to £1 million a month: How MPs cut their expenses by 88%
The culture of excess at Westminster appears to be over as new figures show that MPs are charging the taxpayer £1 million a month for their expenses compared with £8m before the General Election – a drop of almost 88%.
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