A quarter of all MPs give parliamentary office jobs to their family members, costing taxpayers £4m

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SOURCE MIRROR  DAILY MAIL : Quarter of MPs give jobs to family: Taxpayers' bill for politicians who employ wives and children soars to £4m a yearDespite fury over parliamentary expenses, 155 MPs – nearly one in four – now have wives, children and even parents on the public payroll. The relatives enjoy salaries as high as £50,000 for office duties – costing taxpayers £4million last year. Hypocritical MPs dishing out taxpayers’ money to relatives while arguing for a freeze on public sector pay include Cabinet minister Michael Moore, health minister Dan Poulter and foreign minister Alistair Burt.

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