Julia Goldsworthy MP - Quick rob the public before time runs out.

Lib Dem sow Julia Goldsworthy, the Liberal Democrat local government spokesman, spent thousands of pounds on expensive furniture just days before the deadline for using up parliamentary allowances.

One of Britain’s youngest MPs made the claims, including a rocking chair and sofa bed, in March 2006 - shortly before she bought a London flat.

The public finances also met the cost of stamp duty, legal and surveying fees for the property. She has since moved and now rents out the flat.

The records disclose that for the first year that she was an MP she lived in a house jointly owned with her sisters. During this period, she claimed more than £300 a month for mortgage interest costs. She also made claims to help cover council tax, utility bills, cleaning, insurance and large food bills.

In March 2006, Miss Goldsworthy bought a flat in the same house and costs totalling more than £3,000 associated with the purchase were billed to the taxpayer. The monthly mortgage interest on the flat was more than £900.

The MP, who represents Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, also submitted a £4,954 claim for a wide range of furniture and other household items in the same month.

During two days of shopping on March 28 and 29 in 2006 Miss Goldsworthy bought a £999 television, £1,500 of furniture in House of Fraser, a £1,111 sofa bed and a £1,200 leather rocking chair from Heal’s, an upmarket furniture store. The public finances paid part of the cost for these items.

The House of Commons financial year for expenses claims ends at the beginning of April. Therefore, expenses incurred after this must be offset against the following year’s allowance.

During 2006, Miss Goldsworthy, who has attacked wasteful spending in the public sector, continued to buy other furnishings and fittings — including hundreds of pounds on Laura Ashley curtains. She also regularly claimed the maximum £400 monthly food allowance.

Fucking 'ell she has a brass neck on her. Talking about public waste whilst rooting about like the sow she is for stuff off the taxpayer.

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