Speaker Bercow leaves taxpayer with £30,000 bill after flying business class (and we even paid for wife Sally to go to Rome)

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow faces further scrutiny today after it emerged he spent £30,000 of public money flying business class to overseas conferences in the last two years.

The taxpayer also foot the bill for his staff and controversial wife, Sally Bercow, according to a travel log released under freedom of information laws.


Mr Bercow went on nine trips to destinations such as Kenya, Rome, Greece, India and Canada, mostly at the invitation of other parliamentary speakers.    More Read