MPs face new expenses clampdown after Labour politician billed taxpayers £900 to cover 'pet rent' for her cockapoo to live in second home

MPs could face a new expenses clampdown after a Labour whip billed taxpayers for £900 to cover the cost of keeping her cockapoo at her second home in London.

Taiwo Owatemi had her claim for 'pet rent' approved by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) so she could keep Bella with her in the capital instead of in her Coventry North West constituency.

No rules have been broken but campaigners have lashed out at the perk enjoyed by politicians while they are pushing through benefit cuts worth billions of pounds.