A Kent Labour MP has pledged to find a way to publish his expenses after the Government announced moves to stop them being disclosed under Freedom of Information laws.

Derek Wyatt, MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, said he disagreed with the move and would investigate how he could publish full details of his expenditure.

It follows widespread criticism of the plan, which follows a long-running wrangle over the publication of MPs' expenses.

Ministers say they intend to change the law to block requests for information about the money spent by MPs on individual items. Instead, annual totals will be published, broken down into more categories than they have been.

Campaigners thought they had secured a victory over the expenses last year when a tribunal ruled that details of what MPs had spent, including money on second homes and household items such as televisions, should be published.

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Mr Wyatt said he understood why people would be dismayed and agreed it reflected poorly on the Government's commitment to openess.

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He said: "I will do my best to put the details [of expenditure] out. I am not sure people should know whether I have spent money on Marmite or bread but I will find out if there is a way of doing it."

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At the same time, he said he accepted there was an argument full disclosure of how every MP had spent money could be difficult.

"There is an issue over the sheer costs. More than a million items would need to be checked," he said.

Maurice Frankel, of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, said: "The individual expenses claims of senior officials across the public sector are publicly available under the FOI Act.

"There is no justification for allowing Members of Parliament to meet a lower level of scrutiny than such public sector officials."

Matthew Elliott, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: "It is an absolute disgrace the Government are going to such absurd lengths to keep MPs' expenses secret from the very people who pay the bills."

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