Last month Labour’s new member for Wigan Lisa Nandy was rent-a-quoting to the Mirror about the PM putting his photographer on the taxpayer: “At a time when people are losing their jobs and homes this is outrageous.” All good for brownie points with the whips.

Oh dear, but what’s this in Lisa’s expenses claims published yesterday:

Claim Ref. No. 17322
Financial Year 2010-11
Expense Category: General Admin
Amount: £634.99
Transaction Date: 26/07/2010
Short Description: Good quality images to record constituency engagements and for use on my website

It looks like the personal photographer goes to pretty much every event Lisa does. Charging the taxpayer for vanity shots at a time when people are losing their jobs and homes? “This is outrageous.”