11:41am Thursday 3rd April 2014 in News By Becky Middleton, Chief Reporter
Culture secretary ordered to say sorry and pay back taxpayer's money spent on Wimbledon house
Maria Miller has been told to apologise for wrongly claiming taxpayers' money for a house in Wimbledon.
The Culture secretary's home in Woodside has been under intense scrutiny from the Standards Committee, which issued a report into her parliamentary expenses this morning.
The report found the former Merton Conservative, who is now MP for Basingtoke, had designated her main home in good faith and was not motivated by financial gain.
It said: 'We have already recommended that Mrs Miller repay the £5,800 which she has identified as an overclaim.'
'She should also apologise by personal statement on the floor of the House for her attitude to the Commissioner's inquiries.'
Mrs Miller is expected to make a statement in the House of Commons at 12pm.
More to follow.
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