The annual government scrutiny set-piece is back for day two of a nine-day block, after detail of a jump in costs for MP’s personal use of parliamentary lodging.

The cost to taxpayers of an employment benefit that allows MPs to declare private stays in parliament accommodation outside of sitting weeks was the subject of the first estimates…

The annual government scrutiny set-piece is back for day two of a nine-day block, after detail of a jump in costs for MP’s personal use of parliamentary lodging.