Shahid Malik, his house and the slum landlord: MPs' expenses
The controversial way in which Justice Minister Shahid Malik was able to run 
up the highest expenses claim of any MP can be disclosed by The Telegraph.

Since being elected in 2005, Mr Malik has claimed the maximum amount 
allowable for a second home, amounting to £66,827 over three years. Last 
year, he claimed £23,083 from the taxpayer for his London town house, 
equivalent to £443 per week. The Telegraph can disclose that the "main home" 
for which Mr Malik pays out of his own pocket - a three-bedroom house in his 
constituency of Dewsbury, West Yorks - has been secured at a discounted rent 
of less than £100 per week from a local landlord who was fined for letting 
an "uninhabitable" house.

Mr Malik also rents a constituency office from the same businessman, Tahir 
Zaman.

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