Exit Stage Left

Acording to the Daily Telegraph, Labour's Crosby MP Claire Curtis-Thomas tried to claim £9,000 for a fire escape. The fees office knocked this figure down to £4,000. There, it seemed, the matter ended. However, I was informed by a more than reliable source last weekend that Curtis-Thomas' constituency home, on Marine Terrace, Waterloo, already had a fire escape. It would appear that the Honourable Member for Crosby has some questions to answer.