Teacakes cost £3.5m

[KathyWoolfe]

Who's side are you on? Do you *want* HMR&C to have more money?!

Are you saying something containing custard *and* cream isn't technically a cake?

hmmmmmmmmmm....... you're right...anything having both custard AND cream is definitely a cake.

[TimberWolf]

I'm waiting for the day when NL decide that all food is a luxury (it already is for those OAP's who have to severely ration their use of electric and gas in their homes). Then we'll get MP's claiming for food as a necessary expense.

At least part of our food is tax free, namely oxygen, of which we get through about 3/4 Kg a day (260 Kg/year), so he could tax us on that too. But don't hold your breath.

[Archangel]

Cake goes hard when stale, biscuits go soft. jaffa cakes go hard, so are cakes, not biscuits.

Pass the Hob Nobs dear boy.

[PAH]

Then we'll get MP's claiming for food as a necessary expense.

They already do. Some of those 6 MPs who have published their expense claims had about 5 grands worth of food listed.

At least next time I claim for rented accommodation away from home I know I can claim for the TV licence, professional cleaning, and other costs associated with the place, alongside the rent, council tax, and leccy/gas that I usually claim for.