EXCLUSIVE : Eric Joyce racked up the bill on train tickets hotels for staff . Some of the debt was run up on a special Commons credit card for MPs . Mr Joyce now owes just over £10,000 , down from £12,919.61 in January . Commons expenses watchdog IPSA docking his wages by around £1,000 . But the MP only has two pay packets left before leaving Parliament . He is fighting the claim , insisting that IPSA signed off his expense claims . Mr Joyce was convicted of assault in 2012 after head-butting a fellow MP . Ex Army major was also banned from buying alcohol in Parliament in 2013 . The Daily Mail reports today how former Tory minister Lord Tebbit said he had been "shocked" to discover that some members of parliament were using taxpayers' money to buy expensive cars and holidays abroad.
EXCLUSIVE : Eric Joyce racked up the bill on train tickets hotels for staff . Some of the debt was run up on a special Commons credit card for MPs . Mr Joyce now owes just over £10,000 , down from £12,919.61 in January . Commons expenses watchdog IPSA docking his wages by around £1,000 . But the MP only has two pay packets left before leaving Parliament . He is fighting the claim , insisting that IPSA signed off his expense claims . Mr Joyce was convicted of assault in 2012 after head-butting a fellow MP . Ex Army major was also banned from buying alcohol in Parliament in 2013 . Fined £1,500 for abusive language towards staff at Edinburgh Airport .