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Tory MP claimed for 9p in his expenses after 330-yard car journey

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A Tory MP who touts his green credentials asked for NINE PENCE in expenses for a car journey of 330 yards. Records show Alex Stafford put in another six mileage claims for journeys that set him back less than £1 within four months of being elected in December.

They emerged soon after he described reducing ­“reliance on fossil fuels” as a “key challenge of the decade”. The Tory MP for Rother Valley, also claimed £97 for a rail ticket for wife Natalie to travel from their former home in London to the South Yorks seat.

Local campaigner Michael Sylvester said: “I knew ­southerners were soft but can’t they walk a 1/5th of a mile?” Former Labour councillor Emma Wallis tweeted: “Well I never!

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