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High-profile MP Esther McVey, a former TV personality turned candidate for the Tory leadership, is under scrutiny following revelations that she submitted expense claims of \u00a38,750 for the services of a personal photographer. The photographer in question is a press and PR shooter called Jonathan Farber<\/a>,\u00a0who worked with the MP over a two-year-period. Some of his photos were used by Ms McVey to show her support for paddle boarders in their campaign against plastic pollution, while others were taken at a Women\u2019s Institute event.<\/p>\n

Despite some questions over why McVey spent so much on a personal photographer when she champions the frugal virtues of \u2018blue-collar Conservatism\u201d, there are no suggestions of illegality as spending money on \u2018communications\u2019 is allowed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High-profile MP Esther McVey, a former TV personality turned candidate for the Tory leadership, is under scrutiny following revelations that she submitted expense claims of \u00a38,750 for the services of a personal photographer. The photographer in question is a press and PR shooter called Jonathan Farber,\u00a0who worked with the MP over a two-year-period. 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