Thanks bluerad
I had a quick peek on wiki for a summary of Jacqui's scandals:
'Smith was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over accusations that she had inappropriately designated her sister's home in London as her main residence.[51] The arrangement had allowed Smith to claim over £116,000 on her family's Redditch home since becoming an MP.[52] Smith said that she had followed advice from parliamentary authorities.
On 8 February 2009, it was reported in the media that Smith had designated a house in London owned by her sister as her main residence in order to claim a parliamentary allowance for her house in Redditch as a secondary home, despite explicitly stating on her website that she "lives in Redditch".[53] When asked whether it was fair that she made claims believed to have been made for items such as a flat-screen TV and scatter cushions, she said that analyses of her receipts had been very particular. In response to criticisms over her housing allowances, she said it was the "nature of the job" that MPs had to furnish and run two properties.[54]
It was also reported that Smith had claimed expenses for a telecoms bill that contained two pornographic films and two other pay-per-view films. Smith said it was a mistake, and she would repay the amount. The reports made clear that the films had been viewed in the family home at a time when Smith was not present, and that she had given her husband, Richard Timney, a "real ear-bashing" over the incident.[55] This and other cases prompted calls for reform of the additional costs allowance and a new system of payments to be introduced.[56] Gordon Brown supported her and said she had done nothing wrong.[57] However, Sir Alistair Graham, the former Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life was critical of her actions stating that naming her sister's spare bedroom as her main home was "near fraudulent".[58] Smith was the most high-profile politician caught out in the expenses scandal[59] and citing the impact on her family life she later resigned.[60]
In October 2009, it was reported that the Standards Commissioner, John Lyon, had looked into complaints over her expense claims. He concluded that, although her London home was a genuine home and she had spent more nights there than in her Redditch home, her constituency home was in fact her main home, and that she was in breach of Commons rules, despite "significant mitigating circumstances". The claims for pay-per-view films were also found to be in breach. Ms Smith was not asked to repay any money, but was told to "apologise to the House by means of a personal statement." Smith reacted by saying that she was "disappointed that this process has not led to a fairer set of conclusions, based on objective and consistent application of the rules as they were at the time.".[61]
In an interview with Radio Times published in February 2011, Smith claimed that her expenses had been scrutinised because she was a woman, saying: "[I] know that it was my expenses people looked at first because I was a woman and should have been at home looking after my husband and children." Smith said that she had felt "frozen rather than angry" on learning that her husband had entered a parliamentary expenses claim for two pornographic films.
On 24 August 2011 it emerged that Smith had arranged two prisoners on day-release to paint a room in her house, when they were supposed to be undertaking work to benefit the community. The Ministry of Justice launched an internal investigation into the matter, and Smith made a donation to the charity overseeing the scheme.[65] The episode was condemned by Matthew Elliot of the TaxPayers' Alliance, who stated; "It's a disgrace that a former Home Secretary has used prisoners as her personal handymen"
Smith married Richard Timney in October 1987 and they have two sons.[72] Smith employed her husband as her Parliamentary aide on a salary of £40,000.[73]
In 2009 in emerged that Timney had regularly written letters in praise of Smith to the Redditch Advertiser, failing to disclose that he was her husband and that he was also employed by her.'
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Anyhow, back to the sequins!