Editing Kenneth Clarke (section)

===Parliamentary expenses scandal===
{{Main|United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal}}
On 12 May 2009, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that Clarke had "flipped" his [[Council Tax]].  He had told the Parliamentary authorities that his main home was in the Rushcliffe constituency, enabling him to claim a second-home allowance on his London residence, leaving the taxpayer to foot the bill for Council Tax due on that property. However, he told [[Rushcliffe Borough Council]] in Nottinghamshire that he spent so little time at his constituency address that his wife Gillian should qualify for a 25% Council Tax (single person's) discount, saving the former Chancellor around £650 per year. Land Registry records showed that Clarke no longer had a mortgage on his Nottinghamshire home where he has lived since 1987. Instead he held a mortgage on his London property, which was being charged to the taxpayer at £480 per month.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5310015/MPs-expenses-Ken-Clarkes-council-tax-flip.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |title=MPs expenses: Ken Clarke's council tax 'flip' |first=Gordon |last=Rayner |date=12 May 2009 |access-date=9 April 2010 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522212823/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5310015/MPs-expenses-Ken-Clarkes-council-tax-flip.html |archive-date=22 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>