Expenses claims reviewed after MP's £900 'pet rent'

MINISTERS will ask a Parliamentary watchdog to review expenses claims after a Labour MP was able to claim £900 from the taxpayer in "pet rent" Security minister Dan Jarvis insisted his colleague Taiwo Owatemi, a Government whip and MP for Coventry North West, followed the rules when she made the expenses claim in August.

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But the minister said the "rules can't be right", adding that the Government would urge the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) to change them.

Ms Owatemi made the claim after the landlord at her second home in London issued the extra charge in order to let the MP's dog stay, according to The Times.

Parliamentary authorities paid the expenses claim, which is not in breach of the rules.