Tony Blair put in an expense claim for almost £7,000 of roof repairs on his designated second home just two days before stepping down as Prime Minister, newly-published documents show. Mr Blair, who left Downing Street on June 27, 2007, submitted an invoice on June 25 for "roof repairs" which cost £6,990. The bill was dated June 8, suggesting that Mr Blair arranged for the work to be done after he had announced the date when he would be leaving parliament. The expense claim - which is one of more than a million documents published online today by parliament - amounts to yet another example of an MP taking the last available opportunity to exploit the system to repair or renovate their designated second home with thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money before leaving office.
Mr Blair, who left Downing Street on June 27, 2007, submitted an invoice on June 25 for "roof repairs" which cost £6,990. The bill was dated June 8, suggesting that Mr Blair arranged for the work to be done after he had announced the date when he would be leaving parliament.
The expense claim - which is one of more than a million documents published online today by parliament - amounts to yet another example of an MP taking the last available opportunity to exploit the system to repair or renovate their designated second home with thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money before leaving office.
