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Reeves claimed £4,400 in energy support before axing winter fuel payments

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Since 2019 , 162 Labour MPs have claimed 425,000 on expenses for home energy use.

This was 83,000 more than the average amount a similar number of households would have spent in that period.

MPs typically claim expenses on energy bills for their second home which could be in London or constituency.

Liam Byrne , Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North , claimed 15,881 over the past five years .

Keir Starmer told unions he would make 'no apologies' for the spending cuts.

He suggested critics were stuck in the 1980s ’ and still stuck’ to unions.

TaxPayers’ Alliance said: Taxpayers are tired of taking lectures from politicians unable to practice what they preach'.

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