The expenses scandal keeps on rolling. Today we have heard from David Cameron, who is apparently appalled over some of the Conservative MPs expenses claims, and promised that he will lead senior Conservatives in repaying excessive expenses, warning that he will boot any MP who refuse out of the party.

Calls are being made for Hazel Blears to stand down from the Cabinet after she was told by a colleague that any Labour MP who avoided paying capital gains tax ‘should not be a Labour MP’. The Communities Secretary is one of many MPs who has avoided paying tax on property funded by parliamentary allowances. In short, Blears ‘flipped’ her second home three times in one year to be able to purchase goods for multiple homes, all at the taxpayers expense. She was also able to avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of one property she had designated her second home by telling the HM Revenue and Customs it was her primary residence. She told the Commons that this residence was her second, and claimed expenses on it.

When confronted by the media, Ms Blears said that she has not broken any rules, but that the system is wrong. And it is. But I have no problems with MPs claiming £2 for a mascara, but when you deliberately swap between homes to maximise your own personal gain whilst making the public pay, you don’t deserve to serve us.