Labour shadow chancellor claimed 1,610 for cleaners without receipts His wife Yvette Cooper claimed 2,640 for housework and gardening Comes after he said people should get a receipt for all cash-in-hand jobs Prime Minister said he had paid cash without asking for a receipt But Mr Cameron said it was not in a way to 'help anyone evade their taxes'

By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 06:41 EST, 17 February 2015 | Updated: 13:29 EST, 17 February 2015

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Ed Balls claimed 1,610 for cleaners without providing any receipts

Ed Balls and a string of Labour frontbenchers claimed expenses for cleaning and other odd jobs without submitting receipts, it has emerged.

Mr Balls claimed 1,610 for cleaners and his wife Yvette Cooper claimed 2,640 for housework and gardening, out of a total of 37,881 claimed by 12 Labour MPs.

But the shadow chancellor did not submit a single receipt for the work done despite telling families they had a duty to record the personal details of gardeners, cleaners and handymen, no matter how small the job done.

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The state of California is accusing Bonney Plumbing of deliberately misleading and overcharging customers.

Two years ago Leonard Granger was looking for a plumber. He needed to replace the water heaters at two homes. So he turned to Bonney, partially he says because the company is among the biggest of its kind in the Sacramento area.

"I saw their ads on TV and I listened to it on the radio, Granger said. When they said, You can trust us from the very beginning -- we'll get the permits, we'll go all the way through the job and conform with the state code and county code, and so forth, I thought, Now that's the outfit I want to work with."

The company is certainly high profile. The red-and-blue vans have been a staple since Mark Bonney started the company in 1978. Bonney Plumbing now has more than 100 of those vans, and 150 employees. The business promotes itself with ads on TV. The new pro soccer stadium at Cal Expo is even called Bonney Field.

With that pedigree, Granger hired the company to install the water heaters at his farm in Vacaville and another property in Dixon.

Receipts show Granger paid more than $2,000 for one job and about $1,800 for the other. Granger said Bonneys employees told him Dixon city code and Solano County code both required expansion tanks to be installed with the water heater. He paid nearly $450 for both tanks.

"I'm not sure what that does, said Granger, pointing out the tanks to KCRA 3. He added that he paid at least $150 for permits and administrative fees on each job. "(Bonney Plumbing) did a wonderful job, Granger said. I have no complaints about the work.

But months later, that all changed when Granger called the city of Dixon and Solano County to find out why his scheduled inspections hadnt been completed.

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The Canton Economic Development Corp. decided to move forward with three projects last month one to add beauty to downtown, and two to bring additional mobility to the city.

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The first project will be a pocket park on Buffalo Street in the vacant area across from the Plaza Theater. The CEDC had already earmarked $60,000 for the project and decided at the Feb. 26 meeting to break the park plan into two phases over two budget years to fund the total $198,904 cost.

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Plans calls for 10-foot holly trees for year-round shade.

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This will be an enhancement to a major retail district of the city, said CEDC Executive Director Julie Seymore. Its a downtown revitalization project.

While the park is being funded by the CEDC, Seymore said she has talked to city staff about providing maintenance services for it but there would still be an agreement to be worked out.

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