The Scotsman

Tory MP speaks to police about expenses

- By ANDREW WOODCOCK

Conservati­ve MP Chris Davies has been interviewe­d by police under caution about an allegation of fraudulent expense claims.

The Brecon and Radnorshir­e MP spoke voluntaril­y to the Met police on Tuesday, after being referred by the Independen­t Parliament­ary Standards Authority over a claim for pictures for his constituen­cy office.

Mr Davies, 50, who entered Parliament in 2015, has previously said that he made an “honest mistake” in the way he submitted the claim but insisted he did nothing wrong. It is understood he is accused of manually creating two invoices for £450 and £250 rather than submitting the full £700 claim by computer. He previously said he repaid the £450 which was charged to a fund for new MPS to set up offices.

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