Mr Crabb added that during the 12 months that he claimed additional costs allowance (ACA) against this property he, along with all the freeholders on the estate, paid for "obligatory external paintwork to be done", and for five new windows following a burglary at the flat.

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On the best allowance, there are too few conceivable advantages to measure against this deadweight of clear loss.

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Of 71 Lib Dem peers present in the Lords on Wednesday, five voted against the government to exempt cancer patients from being means-tested for employment and support allowance - and 24 abstained.

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