Overview

• Ipsa said the probe covers travel and subsistence spending along with “miscellaneous costs and financial assistance.”
• Kate Osborne stated the inquiry relates to increased taxi use following a February spine operation that left ongoing pain.
• The MP reported meeting Ipsa compliance officer Matt Walker last week and pledged to fully cooperate.
• She says the taxis were recommended and approved as reasonable adjustments after assessments by the Parliamentary Health and Wellbeing Service.
• Ipsa will publish no further details until the investigation concludes, and this is its second inquiry into a Labour MP this year after Tahir Ali.