'Mortified' MacShane repays £3,000 claim cash
ROTHERHAM MP Denis MacShane has repaid £3,000 which he over-claimed for his second home after a discrepancy dating back seven years was discovered.
The House of Commons authorities failed to spot a glaring error in the amounts he was paid between April 2004 and August 2005.
Documents revealing the error have been handed over to the Metropolitan Police unit which opened an investigation into the MP’s expenses in October last year.
Dr MacShane has said he was “mortified” by the error, which he says occurred after his daughter Clare (24), was killed in a skydiving accident in Australia.