Alex Salmond refuses to repay £800 food claims

Alex Salmond refuses to repay £800 food claims - Times Online

Alex Salmond is refusing to pay back any of the £800 he claimed for food when Westminster was in recess.

The Scottish First Minister, who is the SNP MP for Banff & Buchan as well as a member of the Scottish Parliament, said yesterday through his spokesman that he would make all the information about the claims available to the independent audit of MPs’ expenses.

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