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Former MSP Charges Taxpayer £14k a Year for Living in Colleague's Edinburgh Flat

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, AUG 1 – Douglas Lumsden has claimed increasing taxpayer-funded rent for an Edinburgh flat owned by former MSP Peter Chapman, totaling £40,400 over three years, official records show.

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Peter Chapman is receiving £1,200 a month from the taxpayer so that serving Conservative colleague, Douglas Lumsden MSP, can live in his property in the Capital.

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Tory MSP claims £14k in taxpayer money to rent flat from former colleauge

A FORMER Tory MSP has earned over £40,000 through the Holyrood expenses system by renting out his Edinburgh flat to a Conservative colleague.

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Former MSP charges taxpayer £14k a year for living in colleague's Edinburgh flat

Peter Chapman is receiving £1,200 a month from the taxpayer so that serving Conservative colleague, Douglas Lumsden MSP, can live in his property in the Capital.

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Tory MSP charges taxpayer £14,400 a year for living in former colleague's Edinburgh flat

EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Lumsden is living in ex MSP Peter Chapman's property.

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Daily Record broke the news in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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