Tory MP Hogg to repay 'moat cost'
 Mr Hogg was one of several Tories whose claims were questioned |
Conservative MP Douglas Hogg has agreed to repay £2,200 - the cost of clearing his moat at his country estate - amid the continuing row over MPs' expenses.
Mr Hogg maintained he had not claimed the money but agreed it had not been "positively excluded" from paperwork submitted to the Commons fees office.
"I believe that my claims fell clearly within the scope of the rules."
He is the latest in a string of Labour, Tory and Lib Dem MPs to pay back money after claims came to light.
Mr Hogg was irritated by the Telegraph's coverage of his own claims - which was included in a series of articles about how wealthy Conservatives had claimed towards the cost of maintaining large constituency homes.
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