The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis around the main parties. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 18 - 4/02/2010 - 16:30 - Special focus on the Legg Report and MP Expenses

Volume of stories & conversations: 174
Sentiment score: -30

Total claimed by MPs in expenses 2008-2009: £95,576,589

Total claimed by Conservative MPs: £27.3M
Average claimed by Conservative MPs: £139,286

Total claimed by Labour MPs: £53.1M
Average claimed by Labour MPs: £151,282

Total claimed by Liberal Democrat MPs: £9.95M
Average claimed by Liberal Democrat MPs: £157,937

Total to be paid back by 392 MPs: £1.12M
Update - party data on amounts to be paid back Thanks @MarkReckons

Source: Guardian Data Blog

Most shared links:

1. The Legg Report (pdf)
2. Legg probe: love cheat Iris Robinson claimed £1,600 for bed on expenses
3. Sky
4. Cost of Legg review is greater than all repayments combined
5. Guardian Live Blog

Posted at Thu, Feb 4th 2010, 17:30
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