Does Cameron practice as he preaches on the Communcations Allowance?

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UPDATE: A reader has kindly researched Labour’s equivalent.

In PMQ’s, David Cameron called for the abolition of the House Communications Allowance. Here are the shadow cabinet’s claims for the communications allowance for the 2007-2008 parliamentary session:

David Cameron: £2,200
George Osborne: £9,965
Eric Pickles: £9,944
Dominic Grieve: £0
Patrick McLoughlin £10,262
Alan Duncan: £4,023
Jeremy Hunt: £10,668
Liam Fox: £9,283
Andrew Mitchell: £11,022
Greg Clark: £3,251
Michael Gove: £15,705
David Willetts: £5,114
Nick Herbert: £323
Francis Maude: £7,859
William Hague: £336
Andrzew Lansley: £9,944
Chris Grayling: £9,439
Ken Clarke: £1,226
Caroline Spelman: £7,057
Owen Paterson: £13,287
Theresa Villiers: £7,558
Phillip Hammond: £1,530
Cheryl Gillan: £3,150
David Mundell: £11,597
Oliver Letwin: £11,970

TOTAL: £176,713

Only 20 out of 196 Conservative MPs claimed nothing at all. Could the Conservatives really live without the Communications Allowance?

Source: House of Commons Allowances

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