Husband and wife MPs Andrew MacKay and Julie Kirkbride have been told to repay more than £60,000 of expenses claimed for second homes. Mr MacKay, the Conservative MP for Bracknell, has been asked to repay £31,193. His wife, the Tory MP for Bromsgrove, was asked to pay £29,243. Ms Kirkbride claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for their family home in her constituency. Mr MacKay claimed on the property they shared in London. An appeal by the pair was thrown out during Sir Thomas Legg's review of MPs' expenses.
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