STILL, the Labour voters in Luton North can’t complain. Move aside Cabinet good boys Hillary Benn and Alan Johnson, whose frugality in claiming allowances confers virtual sainthood among the ministerial sinners, and leftie economics expert Kelvin Hopkins has been exposed as having claimed just £296 in expenses in 2004-5. Comparisons are odious, especially when they produce results like that for the neighbouring constituency Luton South, where Margaret Moran – she of the “second” home in Southampton – clocked up £13,796 for the same period. Since 2005, Mr Hopkins has claimed £36.45 for food bills from a total of £1,242. It’s all within the rules.
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