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Greedy MPs File For Legal Aid In Expenses Scandal
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 April 4, 2010 LEGAL AID BID BY MPS
 MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine filed the applications
THE three Labour MPs charged over their “fraudulent” expense claims have applied for legal aid.
Lawyers acting for MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine filed the applications last Thursday, the Sunday Express has learned.
The amount of legal aid is determined by applicants’ income.
Since the MPs’ annual income is so high, the amount likely to be granted to them would normally only be a few thousand pounds.
However, the firm representing the three MPs, Steel and Shamash, has approached the Legal Services Commission to argue that the unprecedented case will be so expensive that the amount of legal aid should not be means-tested.
It has already spent thousands.
The MPs are arguing that parliamentary privilege means they should not face a normal trial.
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