Original sentence: However, Jackson argued that there were legitimate 'one-off costs' relating to the purchasing of a home base in the constituency after his election as an MP, and claimed that until the house was purchased, he, his wife and infant daughter were renting one bedroomed accommodation in the constituency
Edited sentence: However, Jackson explained that there were legitimate 'one-off costs' relating to the purchasing of a home base in the constituency after his election as an MP, and until the house was purchased, he, his wife and infant daughter were renting one bedroomed accommodation in the constituency.In May 2009, Jackson's Parliamentary expenses were scrutinised in the expenses scandal and unlike many of his parliamentary colleagues his expenses were found to be legal and within the rules