article_snippet: Tom McTague revealed earlier this week that Commons expenses chiefs made the unprecedented decision to recoup the cash by deducting around £1,000 a month from Tom McTague salary.
article_snippet: The Falkirk MP accepts that The Falkirk MP made mistakes in filing claims after using The Falkirk MP card, suggesting The Falkirk MP was also paying for rooms for staff.
article_snippet: However, The Falkirk MP is disputing at least £6,000 of the debt.
article_snippet: The Falkirk MP accepts that he made mistakes in filing claims after using his card, suggesting he was also paying for rooms for staff .
article_snippet: the watchdog confirmed The Falkirk MP put £743 on a card to fund a three night-stay at a 'non-London' hotel, believed to be in Glasgow, in September last year.
article_snippet: But as The Falkirk MP is only entitled to claim up to £120 a night for hotels outside the capital, an excess of £383 was added to The Falkirk MP debt.
article_snippet: The published expenses records merely state that £383 was 'not paid'.
article_snippet: The Falkirk MP was was 'not paid' £272.33 for a non-London hotel claim in August, and £208 for another in September.
article_snippet: Altogether there are dozens of hotel claims listed as either 'not paid' or 'part paid' since 2012, totalling some £4,000.