Expenses watchdog IPSA turned down former minister Rachel Maclean’s claim, saying it was “not claimable”
Ex-Tory minister Rachael MacLean tried to claim nearly £3,000 on expenses for help writing a CV on the day Rishi Sunak called the general election
Expenses watchdog IPSA turned down the claim, saying it was “not claimable”.
Ms Maclean – who was given a plum seat in the House of Lords in Mr Sunak’s resignation honours list – lost her seat to Labour ’s Chris Bloore in July’s general election.
But on 30 May, the day Mr Sunak strode into the pouring rain and told the nation he was going to the polls, Ms Maclean put in a claim for £2,983 worth of “CV support”.
It’s not clear whether the support was for herself or a staff member.
As well as being a peer for life, Ms Maclean now works as Director of Strategy for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
Last week the Mirror revealed Liz Truss had a staff member pay hundreds of pounds worth of office costs after losing her seat.
The former Prime Minister submitted expenses claims for £1,557 worth of rent, bills and cleaning expenses for her constituency office in South West Norfolk between September and November last year.
But documents show the charges were made to a staff member’s card, because she said her “payment card had been turned off”.
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MPs are issued a card tied to their expenses account with which they can pay for day-to-day costs.
But expenses rules state: “You will continue to have access to your Payment Card and direct payment facilities during the first two months of the winding up period.”
This means it would have worked from the election in early July until early September.
A spokesperson for Ms Truss did not respond to a request for comment.
