New questions over Miller expenses

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File photo dated 20/01/14 of The Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, as fresh questions have been raised about her expenses claims, as it was reported that she stopped claiming a second home allowance at around the time MPs were asked to sign a declaration that they would pay tax on any such property when it was sold. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 7, 2014. See PA story POLITICS Miller. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Fresh questions have been raised about the expenses claims of beleaguered Culture Secretary Maria Miller, as it was reported that she stopped claiming a second home allowance at around the time MPs were asked to sign a declaration that they would pay tax on any such property when it was sold.

The Daily Telegraph said that redesignating the house she shared with her parents in Wimbledon, south London, as her main home would mean that no capital gains tax was payable when it was sold at a reported profit of £1 million earlier this year. The tax is levied at 28% on profits made on the sale of second homes.

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