It has emerged that the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner has claimed in excess of £2,000 on Apple technology products. The claims included £249 for a personalised pair of Apple AirPods.
Ms Rayner received a basic salary of £79,467.96 from 2019-2020 as well as claiming £14,390.90 on office expenses between April and August last year. Claims were submitted last year for £1,619 for an iPad Pro; a £99 case; £199 keyboard and £131 for a digital pencil and a £70 office chair. Ms Rayner slammed Rishi Sunak for an expensive coffee mug purchased by his wife earlier this year.
John O’Connell is the chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance and has said ‘MPs splashing our cash on luxury items is unforgivable. No doubt all of this spending will be shown to be ‘within the rules’. But all MPs should be asking themselves if that spending was remotely necessary’.
A spokesperson for Angela Rayner has said: ‘All expenses for the running of Angela’s parliamentary office were submitted in line with the rules’.
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