article_snippet: Rotherham MP is to repay expenses after claiming the cost of a poppy wreath to honour the war dead on Remembrance Day.
article_snippet: The MP, who was the star of a documentary about life in the Commons, billed the taxpayer for the tribute last November.
article_snippet: Sarah Champion billed the taxpayer for the tribute £17 for a poppy wreath for Remembrance Day .
article_snippet: According to official releases from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Sarah Champion submitted the claim for 'Wreath for Remembrance Sunday', describing it as 'necessary expenses to 11/11/14'.
article_snippet: IPSA paid the £17, despite MPs being banned from claiming for wreaths.
article_snippet: The revelation about a poppy wreath for Remembrance Day is embarrassing for The Rotherham MP.
article_snippet: Andy Silvester, from the Taxpayers' Alliance, told The Sun: 'Trying to put the bill on somebody else to honour our servicemen and women is downright low. '
article_snippet: When details of MPs' expense claims were leaked in 2009, it emerged a number of senior politicians had claimed taxpayers' money to pay for wreaths.
article_snippet: Labour's Ed Balls put in claims for two wreaths worth £33 in August 2007, but the Commons fees office wrote back stating that the Commons department of finance and administration 'disallows costs relating to wreaths and other related expenses'.
article_snippet: Tory Boris Johnson and former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy also claimed for the cost of a Remembrance wreath.
article_snippet: In this case, We will be seeking a repayment from the MP.'
highlights_snippet: Rotherham MP submitted expense claim for November 11, 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet: MPs are banned from claiming public money to purchase poppy wreaths .
  