Geraint Davies, a now-ex Labour MP, claimed more expenses than any other MP last year. His total of £176,026 was more than £7,000 above the MP putting in the next highest claim.

“I am glad I invested my time and energy and allowances in serving my constituency. It clearly seems to me that this shows I was one of the most hard-working MPs in Britain,” he said.

He claimed a massive £38,750 on postage - that’s over £100 per day for every single day of the year. What on earth was he posting?

Call me a reactionary if you like but I want that figure investigated.

Here’s the low-down from the BBC:

Top 5 spenders:

Geraint Jones (Labour) - £176,026
Margaret Moran (Labour) - 168,569
Angus Robertson (SNP) - £160,776
Ashok Kumar (Labour) - £158,844
Peter Duncan (Conservative) - £158,032

Bottom 5 spenders:

Terry Davis (Labour) - £42,709
Iain Wright (Labour) - £61,502
Dennis Skinner (Labour) - £75,487
Michael Portillo (Conservative) - £76,947
David Winnick (Labour) - £78,909

Of course, the MPs are more than willing to discuss their spending of our money:

…the figures are published at 1530 on Thursday afternoon - horribly close to most national newspaper deadlines and at a time when many MPs are either away from the Commons for the weekend or on their way off to their constituencies and can be extremely difficult to track down.

Well, maybe not.