After yesterday’s publication of MPs’ detailed travel expenses some MPs are claiming the figures are wrong. Time will tell if there was a cock-up in the figures or if the MPs in question are simply embarrassed by the extent of their claims.
Much was made in some publications of the claims for cycle mileage by some MPs and absence of claims for cycling by certain others. These politicians claim they don’t bother claiming the 20p a mile for cycling.
I’m happy to believe them. I could probably arrange to claim for cycling between meetings, or could put it on my tax return. I don’t as working out the distance on dozens of short trips is not worth it. When I travel by train I have tickets to submit and by car the distance and claimable rate make it worth a quick visit to multimap’s route finder to check how far I went. Having said that, the bike I use around town has needed several parts recently.
