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Phil Hope: I'm sorry
Phil Hope has said how sorry he is to his constituents after deciding to pay back £41,709 he has claimed in expenses over the past five years.
Mr Hope has decided to pay back the money in a bid to start the process of restoring public trust in him.
The Corby and East Northamptonshire MP took the decision after discussing the matter with his wife Allison and is making arrangements for the money to be paid back in about a week.
After days of pressure over his Parliamentary expenses claim, Corby and East Northants MP Phil Hope has apologised to his constituents and said he would pay back the 41,709 he has claimed over the past five years. Click here to read more.
Phil Hope will be hoping his decision to repay his past five years expenses claims will protect his career as an MP. Click here to read more.
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The Labour Party in Corby has admitted the upset caused by Phil Hope's expenses debacle will not respond to a "quick fix". Click here to read more.
Phil Hope has said his plans to pay back 41,700 in expenses is a purely personal decision. Click here to read more.
Phil Hope has revealed he will pay back more than 41,000 in the latest twist in the MP expenses row. Click here to read more.
Anger over Corby MP Phil Hope's expenses continued as the leaders of both main political parties were forced to make humiliating apologies for some of their members' extravagant claims. Click here to read more.
A political expert at Northampton University has criticised Corby and East Northants MP Phil Hope and his fellow MPs for the way the way they have used the expenses system to feather their nests. Click here to read more.
Kettering MP Philip Hollobone has been dubbed Westminster's cheapest MP in the past for submitting the lowest expense claims in the country. Click here to read more.
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP Phil Hope says he has done nothing wrong in claiming and receiving more than 37,000 to refurbish and furnish his London second home. Click here to read more.
Speaking to the Evening Telegraph, he said: "To have your integrity talked about in this way by people behind the back of their hands has been awful. I am sorry that I have given people cause to think that way and I hope that the action I have taken may help restore people's confidence in me."
Mr Hope had earlier issued a statement in which he said he could not allow the trust and relationships he has built with the people of Corby and East Northamptonshire to be ruined by this episode.
The MP did not consult the Prime Minister about his decision but did inform senior Government officials.
Local Labour Party officials backed Mr Hope.
Corby and East Northants Constituency Labour Party chairman, Robert Douglas, said: "It is the mark of the man that he is planning to repay all expenses relating to the fitting, furniture and household items of his London flat – expenses to which he was legally and morally entitled."
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