"A Labour MP used almost £500,000 of taxpayers' money over six years to help run an office from his home which was staffed by his wife.
David Marshall, 67, who has quit to spark the Glasgow East by-election on July 24, used the expenses to pay for a constituency office and staff.
But Mr Marshall's office was in his semi-detached Glasgow home and he employed his wife Tina as his secretary. It is also believed he paid his daughter Christina to work from his home from the same pool of money.
A Commons spokesman said MPs can use their home as an office but only claim for additional costs like 'extra phone lines, heating and lighting'."
Strangely whilst the Mail reports that
"Mr Marshall is said to be suffering clinical depression. Party sources said he felt 'under pressure' over the expenses allegations."the BBC simply report that
"Mr Marshall, 67, announced his decision to step down after almost 30 years in the House of Commons on grounds of ill health."
Why the coyness by the BBC, they seem very concerned to minimise any stories relating to sleaze and the Labour party, not something that they follow in relation to "sleaze and the Tories".
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