The Conservative leader apologised after The Daily Telegraph highlighted some of the expenses claime

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The Conservative leader apologised after The
Daily Telegraph highlighted some of the expenses
claimed by his front bench colleagues, including
Michael Gove, the shadow schools secretary, and
Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary.
MP's expenses
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MPs' expenses paying bills for Tory grandees

• Senior Conservatives have subsidised their
  country estates at taxpayers expense, pools,
  clearance of moats and even the salaries of
  domestic staff, all claimed on parliamentary
  expenses.

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Facts

• MPs' expenses The Telegraph's investigation, The
  Expenses Files, into how politicians - from
  Gordon Brown and his Cabinet to all parties -
  exploit the system of parliamentary allowances to
  subsidise their lifestyles and multiple homes.

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More facts

• MPs claim an average of 118,000 each a year from
  the public purse to cover travel expenses, and to
  run their offices and second homes. Details of
  the expense claims for the 659 MPs were made
  public for the first time on Thursday on a web
  site.
• They are paid a 57,000 salary and can claim
  twice as much again for expenses.
• Sir Archy Kirkwood MP, for the House of Commons
  Commission, said "This is a significant step
  towards openness and accountability and I welcome
  it."
• He added "It's the first time that we have ever
  published so much information. The taxpayer can
  really see how their money is being spent."