More MPs named and shamed in scandal

LONDON (Reuters) - The detailed expense receipts of two more MPs were published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, with one said to have claimed for expensive mirrors and a flashy stereo.

Marking its ninth day of disclosures that have rocked parliament, the paper reported Liberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross claiming 1,200 pounds for four mirrors to furnish his London home, one of which cost 725 pounds.

The paper also accused one of the party's spokesmen on culture of spending 1,100 pounds on a top-of-the-range stereo system and 1,475 pounds on a chest of drawers.

The paper said on its Web site ahead of its Saturday edition that his purchases were approved by the Commons authorities even though they appear to be in breach of guidelines that say MPs may not use public funds "for extravagant or luxurious" goods.

The paper said he wrote on his claim form "as discussed and agreed in advance" even though the upper limit for stereo systems bought by MPs at the taxpayer's expense is meant to be 750 pounds.

Following the publication, Younger-Ross said late on Friday he would repay more than 4,000 pounds worth of claims.

"I was given no advice on how to spend my allowances for living in London, except that it should not include luxury or antique items," he told the Sky news website.

"However, what I did not at the time consider to be luxury items, and what the House of Commons did not advise me were luxury items, clearly now are considered as such," he said.

The paper also published claim receipts made by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries who vehemently denied allegations of wrong-doing.