The information released online shows claims made during 2008-9 and the first three months of 2009-10.
Downing Street has already announced this morning Gordon Brown will repay £500 he claimed for painting a summer house.
Hundreds of thousands of claims, and their supporting receipts, have been released this morning with Westminster promising the details will be much more transparent than the information released earlier this year which was mainly blacked out.
The Guardian claims the new information shows more than 50 MPs 'flipped' their second home allowance last year from one property to another.
The previously unheard of procedure gained notoriety earlier this year when public anger at MPs expenses reached fever pitch in light of the publication of expenses claims by the Daily Telegraph.
However, the MPs named in today's Commons list are said to have not broken any rules. Many swapped their designated home from one in London to another, or one in their constituency to other. Some though 'flipped' between a London property and one in their constituency.
Among them is the Tory MP Douglas Hogg, who gained notoriety after his lavish claim to have his moat cleaned at the taxpayers' expense became public.
Others include Commons Speak John Bercow and former defence secretary Des Browne who changed his second home designation from one London property to another.
Downing Street has already announced this morning Gordon Brown will repay £500 he claimed for painting a summer house.
Hundreds of thousands of claims, and their supporting receipts, have been released this morning with Westminster promising the details will be much more transparent than the information released earlier this year which was mainly blacked out.
The Guardian claims the new information shows more than 50 MPs 'flipped' their second home allowance last year from one property to another.
The previously unheard of procedure gained notoriety earlier this year when public anger at MPs expenses reached fever pitch in light of the publication of expenses claims by the Daily Telegraph.
However, the MPs named in today's Commons list are said to have not broken any rules. Many swapped their designated home from one in London to another, or one in their constituency to other. Some though 'flipped' between a London property and one in their constituency.
Among them is the Tory MP Douglas Hogg, who gained notoriety after his lavish claim to have his moat cleaned at the taxpayers' expense became public.
Others include Commons Speak John Bercow and former defence secretary Des Browne who changed his second home designation from one London property to another.
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