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Duncan Smith in new claims over wife's job; Party document 'fails to back up under-fire Tory leader'
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Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith was today facing fresh claims over
his employment of his wife as a secretary.
Journalist Michael Crick was handing the Westminster standards
watchdog an internal Conservative Party document said to raise
further questions about her work.
Mr Duncan Smith last night gave Sir Philip Mawer, the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, a 40-page dossier denying
he had made improper payments to his wife Betsy.
He gave Sir Philip signed statement...
