They thought it was all over

But it isn’t yet.

As the Telegraph continues to sift through the expenses files we find this:

Alistair Darling, along with others including Hazel Blears, Geoff Hoon and Jacqui Smith, have all claimed for the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices.

A tax expert described the claims as “scandalous”, especially as the expenses are tax-free.

Under HM Revenue and Customs rules, most people are not allowed to claim the cost of employing an accountant to fill in a self-assessment tax form as a legitimate business expense.

Not only do we pay for them to dodge the tax laws they themselves have written into the books, they don’t pay tax on that benefit, unlike everyone else in the country would have to.

It’s one thing that they get te expenses, but I think it’s much more dangerous that they don’t have to obey the same laws as the rest of us.