A House of Lords peer has been criticised for claiming up to £5,700 a month for walking to work from her £4.5million home just 200 yards away.
Baroness Wilcox, a former Tory minister, has been accused of exploiting a new tax-free payment of up to £300 a day which those who live in London benefit from the most.
The 74-year-old former Cadbury Schweppes director, who has taken home £74,400 in parliamentary attendance allowances, has not broken any rules.
A number of other peers are also thought to be claiming the allowance despite living in and around Westminster.
Labour MP John Mann said: "It is a scandal as big as the MPs’ expenses scandal.
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