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                           <title><![CDATA[Additional home costs 2009/10 (updated monthly)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Click on the image opposite...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[18 March 2010: Diana turns down pay rise for second year running]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Click on the image opposite to read Diana's letter to the Parliamentary authorities of 18 March 2010....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:55:15</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[4 February 2010: Legg Review of MPs' allowances published]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[With today's publication of the final report from Sir Thomas Legg's forensic audit of all MPs' second home allowance claims going back over the past four years, click opposite to read the two letters that Diana Johnson MP received last autumn from Sir Thomas. The Legg Review applied to MPs' claims under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) what are effectively the tighter rules that Parliament is moving to after the recent Kelly Report on MPs' allowances. Diana says: &ldquo;The new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will now bring practical effect to the reforms that are needed to clean up the system....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:06:18</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[9 December 2009: Additional Costs Allowance 2008/09]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Statement from Diana Johnson MP Ahead of their official release by Parliament, I am today releasing the latest full-year details of what I claimed from the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA), which contributes towards the costs of running the second home that I require in my job as an MP. In 2008/09 I claimed a total of &pound;17,946.15p, against the maximum permitted of &pound;24,006. All of my allowance claims for the past five years have been independently audited in Sir Thomas Legg's review and found to be consistent not just with the old rules, but with the principles underlying the incoming...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:45:14</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[30 March 2009: Parliamentary Allowance statement for 2007/08]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Hull MP releases annual
allowance figures Statement from Diana
Johnson MP I release today information on
my Parliamentary allowances claims for 2007/08. I include
information on how these office costs compare with other MPs in the
House of Commons. The total allowances claimed
from the standard allowance categories for 2007/08 were £148,527.
Out of all MPs, this puts me at 85th overall for allowances. I was
243rd for travel costs. However the House of Commons also made a
payment from the Temporary Secretarial Allowance to cover a period
of maternity leave in my office amounting to £8,310. Further
details are set out under the staffing heading. This was a payment
that is...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[16 October 2007: Parliamentary Allowance statement for 2006/07]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Hull MP opens book on
office running costs Hull North MP Diana Johnson
today published her allowances and office running costs for the
financial year 2006/07, ahead of their official publication by
Parliament on 25 October 2007. Diana Johnson MP said: “My
expenses and allowances for the financial year of 2006/07 were as
follows. “I claimed £93,946 for staffing,
which includes a sum unspent carried over from the previous
financial year. “This largely covers the
employment of one full-time member of staff in my constituency
office and two part-time caseworkers during the 2006/07 financial
year. At my Westminster office in 2006/7, I employed one full-time
Parliamentary Researcher and, for part of 2006,...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[25 October 2006: Parliamentary Allowance statement for 2005/06]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Hull North MP opens book
on expenses to constituents Hull North MP Diana Johnson
today published her allowances and expenses for the financial year
2005/06, ahead of their official publication by Parliament on 26
October 2006. Diana Johnson MP said: “My
expenses and allowances for the financial year of 2005/06 were as
follows. “I claimed £72,620 for staffing.
This was below the allocated maximum allowance of £84,081. As I was
elected for the first time in May 2005, it took some time to employ
staff and establish my two offices. I now employ one full-time
member of staff in my constituency office and two part-time
caseworkers. “At my Westminster office in...]]></description>
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