2009 Expenses Claims
According to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which first reported the unredacted expenses claims of Members of Parliament, most claims made by Mitchell were for office expenses, but there was criticism of him among some of the British media, which reported that he had made a number of small claims for items such as a 'stick of glue' (reportedly costing 45p), and other items.
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