DON FOSTER MP AND THE £99,000 DONATION

bath | community | news report Wednesday May 27, 2009 12:23 by Bob - Freelance investigator

How much expenses does an MP need to run his constituency office?

Expenses claims of Don Foster MP in 2007

Dear Daily Telegraph,

In light of your recent revelations regarding MP's expenses claims I
thought I would check out my local MP Don Foster and was surprised to
come across the following information.

“Declarations of interest:

August 2007
Support for the running of my office received from Paul Strasburger, of Bath

24th January 2008
Contribution to salary of a member of staff in my constituency office
from Mr Paul Strasburger of Bath

Feb 11 2009
Contribution to salary of a member of staff in my constituency office
from Mr Paul Strasburger of Bath.”

As you will be aware Mr Strasburger funded the cost of Mr Michael Browns defence team (as Mr Browns assets had been frozen by the Courts), put up his bail money and provided his home address in Bath as a bail address before Mr Brown absconded abroad on a false passport facing 18 charges of theft, money laundering, perjury etc.,

What concerns me is that Dons declarations of interests outlined above do not appear to include the following very large amounts donated to Dons constituency office by Mr Strasburger in 2007-2008

http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/exc...8.xls

Donations reported in 2007 that should have been reported previously:

92 Paul Strasburger £10,678.70 Cash Bath 3/31/07
93 Paul Strasburger £22,423.32 Cash Bath 6/30/07
94 Paul Strasburger £37,378.77 Cash Bath 9/30/07
97 Paul Strasburger £12,881.74 Non-cash Bath 3/31/07
98 Paul Strasburger £15,652.56 Non-cash Bath 6/30/07
99 Paul Strasburger £1,400.00 Non-cash Bath 9/30/07

In light of the fact Don claimed £93,000 in office expenses from the
taxpayer in 2007-2008 plus similar amounts in previous years it appears to me from the evidence to hand that either:

a) Dons office costs for 2007 -2008 amounted to a staggering £192,000 or

b) Don apparently claimed office expenses from the taxpayer the costs of which had already been met by Mr Paul Strasburger!

Yours sincerly,

Bob.