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MP to quit over expenses 'stress'

Source: BBC

Colchester : United Kingdom | 5 months ago

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Mr Cohen represents an east London seat but reportedly claimed £104,701 in six years for his "second home". A complaint was made to the standards commissioner that his designated "main home" was 70 miles away in Essex. Mr Cohen said he believed he would be exonerated but his wife's health had suffered...

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