Former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield has been charged with false accounting in relation to his House of Lords daily allowance claims.The Crown Prosecution Service today announced it had begun criminal proceedings against the 74-year-old, real name Paul White.It comes following allegations in a national newspaper in 2013 that he falsely claimed his £300 daily allowance for 'clocking into' the House of Lords when staying there for no more than 40 minutes.A CPS spokesperson...
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