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Leader jailed over expenses claims

Former Essex CC leader, Lord Hanningfield, has been sentenced to nine months in prison at Maidstone Crown Court last week over his parliamentary expenses.

Former Essex CC leader, Lord Hanningfield, has been sentenced to nine months in prison at Maidstone Crown Court last week over his parliamentary expenses.

Charged under his name, Paul White, the 70-year-old peer was found guilty in May of falsely claiming more than £14,000 in parliamentary expenses for journeys and overnight stays in London between March 2006 and April 2009.

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